SUMMARY:
- THE
COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES CALLS AT ASSISI
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AUDIENCES
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THE
COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES CALLS AT ASSISI
Vatican
City, 25 September 2012 (VIS) - "God, the unknown" is to be
the theme of the "Atrium of St. Francis", an initiative
organised by the Pontifical Council for Culture, the Holy Convent of
Assisi and the "Oicos Riflessioni" Association. A press
conference presenting the event was held this morning in the Holy See
Press Office.
The
meeting is due to take place in the Italian town of Assisi on 5 and 6
October and is part of the "Courtyard of the Gentiles"
project, a structure for permanent dialogue between believers and non
believers created by the Pontifical Council for Culture under the
presidency of Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. The Courtyard of the
Gentiles has already organised events in several European capitals.
The
Assisi meeting, in which more than forty speakers are due to
participate, will be opened by Giorgio Napolitano, president of the
Republic of Italy. The programme, which involves nine meetings in
nine "atria" at different locations around the city of St.
Francis, will cover the following themes: "Work, business and
responsibility", "Contemplation and meditation",
"Inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue for peace",
"Young people, between faith and nihilism", "The cry
of the earth", "Art and faith", "The cry of the
poor, the world economic crisis and sustainable development".
Among the participants will be figures from the worlds of culture,
science, art and economics, such as film-maker Ermanno Olmi,
architect Massimiliano Fuksas, and trade union leader Susanna
Camusso.
"In
a second edition of his letter to the faithful St. Francis addressed
himself to 'all Christians, religious, clergy and laity, to men and
women, to all inhabitants of the world entire'", notes Fr.
Giuseppe Piemontese, custodian of the Holy Convent of Assisi. "We
are opening the 'Atrium of St. Francis' with great humility, and
under the sign of that evangelical openness to others. Our hope is
that the Courtyard of the Gentiles, in its call at Assisi, will be
able to demonstrate the 'pure heart' and 'pure mind' to which St.
Francis called us".
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 25 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation
for Bishops.
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