He wants the Southern Baptists to join him, and from the praise the Pope now gets from so-called evangelicals, it won't be long.
It's no secret that the RCC has held the view that it's the true center and sought out home of Christianity, and that all Christendom will someday reunite upon itself. If it ever ceased to do so, it would change its name to something like First Church of Rome (no more of that all-embracing "Catholic" stuff). It wants Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Greek Orthodox, Disciples of Christ, you name it non-RCC Christians to become Roman Catholics as a non negotiable step for the salvation of their souls. And Pope Benedict XVI has said this countless times. Well surprise, the Pope is Roman Catholic.
And no, he won't be giving testimonies with Billy Graham even though they are both well into the senior set.
"One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism" is not mere wishful thinking. When history runs its course the past, present, and future disparation between occupants of heavenly glory will be staggering, each one having a history of exchanging the truth for a lie and thus losing pure science, each one being reclaimed by the Creator who assumed human flesh for the purpose of bringing the crowning glory of His creation back to Himself.
Unity in the church is not a creation of the Pope, nor is it effected by the political machinations of this or that body of doctrine. From a human standpoint you may be right, however. There are many respects in which Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics agree. A good many from both denominations attend public schools, which schools are obligated to remain neutral where matters of faith and science intermingle.