After having signed the common declaration, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia and the Holy Father gave brief remarks to those who were present in the airport Salon in La Habana, Cuba.
Your Holiness,
Your Excellencies,
Dear brothers and sisters,
Ladies and gentlemen,
For two hours, we have had an open discussion, with full understanding of the responsibility we have for our Churches, for our believing people, for the future of Christianity and for the future of human civilization. It was a conversation with a lot of content which afforded us an opportunity to comprehend and hear each other's positions. And the results of the conversation allow me to assure you that currently, our two Churches can cooperate conjointly to defend Christians throughout the world; and with full responsibility, work conjointly so that there is no war, so that human life will be respected throughout the world, so that the foundations of personal, family and social morality are strengthened, and so that though the participation of the Church in the life of modern human society, the name of the Lord Jesus and that of the Holy Spirit may be purified.
Holiness,
Eminences,
Reverend Fathers,
We speak as brothers, we have the same Baptism, we are bishops. We speak of our Churches, and we agree that unity is achieved by walking forwards. We speak clearly, without ambiguity, and I must say I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in our conversation. I give thanks for Your Holiness’ humility, your fraternal humility, and your real desire for unity.
We have taken up a series of initiatives which I believe are viable and can be realized. Thus I wish to thank Your Holiness, once again, for your warm welcome, as well as those collaborating with us – and I mention but two: His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion and His Eminence, Cardinal Koch, who with their colleagues worked towards this moment.
I do not wish to leave without expressing my sincere gratitude to Cuba, to the great Cuban people and to their President here with us. I thank you for your concrete willingness to help. If Cuba continues in this way, it will become the capital of unity.
And may all this be for the glory of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, for the good of the whole faithful People of God, under the mantle of the Holy Mother of God.
Remarks offered by His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill
after signing the common declaration
Your Holiness,
Your Excellencies,
Dear brothers and sisters,
Ladies and gentlemen,
For two hours, we have had an open discussion, with full understanding of the responsibility we have for our Churches, for our believing people, for the future of Christianity and for the future of human civilization. It was a conversation with a lot of content which afforded us an opportunity to comprehend and hear each other's positions. And the results of the conversation allow me to assure you that currently, our two Churches can cooperate conjointly to defend Christians throughout the world; and with full responsibility, work conjointly so that there is no war, so that human life will be respected throughout the world, so that the foundations of personal, family and social morality are strengthened, and so that though the participation of the Church in the life of modern human society, the name of the Lord Jesus and that of the Holy Spirit may be purified.
Remarks offered by His Holiness, Pope Francis
after signing the common declaration
Holiness,
Eminences,
Reverend Fathers,
We speak as brothers, we have the same Baptism, we are bishops. We speak of our Churches, and we agree that unity is achieved by walking forwards. We speak clearly, without ambiguity, and I must say I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in our conversation. I give thanks for Your Holiness’ humility, your fraternal humility, and your real desire for unity.
We have taken up a series of initiatives which I believe are viable and can be realized. Thus I wish to thank Your Holiness, once again, for your warm welcome, as well as those collaborating with us – and I mention but two: His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion and His Eminence, Cardinal Koch, who with their colleagues worked towards this moment.
I do not wish to leave without expressing my sincere gratitude to Cuba, to the great Cuban people and to their President here with us. I thank you for your concrete willingness to help. If Cuba continues in this way, it will become the capital of unity.
And may all this be for the glory of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, for the good of the whole faithful People of God, under the mantle of the Holy Mother of God.
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