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| Pope St. Hilary |
History
Hilary was born in Italy during the
5th century. He worked for Pope Saint Leo the Great, and when Leo
was died, Hilary was elected to be his successor. During both Leo and Hilary’s
papacy, people were arguing about whether or not the pope was the true leader
of the Church and several other issues. So there was a lot of divisions, and
Hilary worked very hard to bring people back together in Christian unity, and
he succeed in France, Spain, Africa and Gaul (which is where Luxembourg and
Belgium are today).
Activity
Today there are even more divisions
in the Church than there were 1500 years ago, with tens of thousands of
non-Catholic denominations all teaching things a little differently. Bringing all
of us back together as one Church is a huge challenge. It would take a miracle!
Luckily God is good at miracles. Today, read John 17:20-23 in your bible, which
is Jesus’ prayer that all Christians would remain one Church. Then pray that
the Lord will help you work toward Christian unity with your non-Catholic
family and friends.
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