On January 25th, 65 years ago, Pope St. John XXIII announced his intention to convene an ecumenical council that would later become known as Vatican II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He revealed this plan to a group of cardinals in Rome's Basilica of St. Paul\u2019s Outside the Walls, where he was celebrating the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost seven decades later, this feast day is still commemorated in a similar way, with a celebration by the Pope at the very same Papal Basilica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Usually on this day, the Pope uses his address to call for an openness to both conversion and ecumenism, as this feast is often celebrated alongside Christian denominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE FRANCIS Keeping with tradition, Pope Francis will preside over the celebration of Second Vespers on January 25 at 5:30pm at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul\u2019s Outside the Walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keeping with tradition, Pope Francis will preside over the celebration of Second Vespers on January 25 at 5:30pm at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul\u2019s Outside the Walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":64636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,186],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b5KMkvQ_KtU","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpwsolennitasanpaooeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpwsolennitasanpaooint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64639,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64635\/revisions\/64639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Without God, without his grace, we do not heal from our sins. His grace is the source of our change.
Conversion\u2014this oft-repeated word is not always easy to understand. Conversion is asked of people. Conversion has a communal, ecclesial dynamic. So, we believe that our ecumenical conversion also progresses to the extent that we recognize ourselves in need of grace, in need of the same mercy: recognizing that we are all dependent on God in everything.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n