Over the past days we have celebrated a week of prayer for Christian unity, in the year that we are about to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II. A commitment of our Church, not care enough, which is in fact more pretentious than efficient steps given.

The very diverse and different Christian Churches, branched throughout history, continue virtually with  the same challenges and, although there have not been just a few moments of dialogue over the last years, new segregations are still arising, above all in the Reformed Churches, which are complicating unity and stopping the ecumenical progress. It is true that “the way of patience” as it was recently stated by Cardinal Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian unity, and it is also true that, new complications are constantly arising such as diversity,  an increasing tendency in the different positions concerning ethical issues. And, as a result, this is showing the nonexistance, nor it is foresee in the inmediate future, of a testimonial common voice for all Christians facing the great challenges of human being, in the middle of our fragmented and secular society.

And we have to add to this a situation, not less distressing and painful, such as the one that, even in the heart of our Catholic Church, we are frequently plentiful of struggle among “groups”, an attempt to impose partisan views, people are suspicious of each other and, finally, contaminated air with lack of communion and understanding in a legitimate plurality of spiritualities and different charisms.

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