As for the journey of reconciliation among all Christians, the Synod is grateful for the desire of many young people to foster unity among the separated Christian communities. In committing themselves to this, very often the young deepen the roots of their own faith and experience a real opening towards what others can give. They know intuitively that Christ already unites us, even if certain differences remain. As Pope Francis stated on the occasion of his visit to Patriarch Bartholomew in 2014, it is the young “who urge us today to take steps forward towards full communion. And this is not because they do not know the significance of the differences that still keep us apart, but because they are able to see beyond, they are capable of grasping the essentials that unite us already” (Francis, Address at the Divine Liturgy, Patriarchal Church of Saint George, Istanbul, 30 November 2014). Chapter IV Integral Formation
TheoFonsAt the sources of the faith