PRAGUE, Czech Republic, OCT. 2, 2007 (Zenit.org).- A "cooling off" of love and solidarity is even more dangerous than global warming, said the archbishop of Prague.
Cardinal Miroslav Vlk made that comment at an annual ecumenical meeting, which brought together 43 religious leaders from 18 Churches and ecclesial communities, at the invitation of the prelate.
The leaders -- all friends of the Catholic lay Focolare movement -- focused on a spirituality of communion, something they said is necessary if the cause of ecumenism is to advance in the 21st century.
The bishops listened to testimonies of priests and laypeople who, nourished by the Focolare spirituality, supported the persecuted Church in what was then Czechoslovakia.
The meeting also served to analyze the 3rd Ecumenical European Assembly, recently concluded in Sibiu, Romania.
Cardinal Vlk said: "There is a worldwide warming of the planet that worries us. But there is a cooling off of love and solidarity that is ever more dangerous.”
He spoke about the experience lived in the meeting: "We are creating a 'dialogue of life.' We place an accent on what we have in common, beginning with baptism. We do not ignore the problems that exist […] but we are convinced that, with evangelical love, with love above all for Jesus crucified and abandoned, they can be transformed."
ZE07100203 - 2007-10-02