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• Claire Giangravè   Jan 26, 2018    EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
• Pope Francis celebrates vespers on the eve of the feast of St. Paul before various Christian congregations. (Credit: Federico Manzoni.)

ROME - Representatives from a variety of Christian communities in Rome gathered in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls Thursday, in an ecumenical vespers service where Pope Francis said that despite differences they all belong to the same family due to the redeeming sacrament of baptism.

“Even when differences tear us apart, we recognize that we belong to the people of the redeemed, to the same family of brothers and sisters loved by the only Father,” he said.

The pope celebrated the vespers honoring the conversion of St. Paul in conclusion of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which took place Jan. 20-25.

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