Pope Francis asserts that evangelicals and Catholics are one, and that it is the devil who has divided the two groups. “Division is the work of the ‘Father of Lies,’ ‘the Father of Discord,’ who does everything possible to keep us divided,” he said.

Former Catholic - Mike Gendron/Proclaiming the Gospel responds: “The Lord Jesus Christ prayed to the one and only Holy Father in John 17 for unity among all those who were given by Father to the Son and who have kept His Word They were called out of the world by the one and only Gospel of grace when they received His Word by faith (verse 8). True biblical unity can only be attained by those who repent and believe the Gospel and are baptized into one body by the Holy Spirit. They are all members of the one true church, which has only one Head, the Lord Jesus Christ. They are eager to maintain the unity of the Sprit in the bond of peace. Jesus prayed that His Church would be sanctified by the truth. This means there cannot be unity with those who believe another gospel. Believers cannot be unequally yoked with unbelievers.”