When a group of German Christians was asked in 2014 to prepare materials for the 2017 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, their choice of a “wall” as a symbol of sin, evil and division explicitly referred to the Berlin Wall.
Tear down this wall: Ecumenical week focuses on overcoming division
Pope on why he’s going to Sweden: ‘Closeness does all of us good’
Pope Francis said he wanted his trip to Sweden to focus purely on promoting Christian unity, although in the end, he added a day to celebrate Mass for the country’s Catholics.
Ecumenical papal trip also will show pain of division, Lutheran leader says
The extension of Pope Francis’ trip to Sweden by one day to accommodate a papal Mass for the nations’ Catholics does not detract from the ecumenical power of the trip, but highlights the need for Christian unity, said the general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation.