SUMMARY:
- MAN,
THE CUSTODIAN OF CREATION
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AUDIENCES
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MAN,
THE CUSTODIAN OF CREATION
Vatican
City, 6 September 2012 (VIS) - "Man, the Custodian of Creation"
is the theme of the twentieth International Ecumenical Congress of
Orthodox Spirituality, which began yesterday in the Italian monastery
of Bose. The event is due to conclude on 8 September.
"In
the Christian tradition of both East and West, dwelling on the earth
is a task entrusted to mankind as custodians but also as guests of
creation", reads a communique on the event. This topic will be
developed on the first day of the congress in talks by Fr. Enzo
Bianchi, prior of the monastic community of Bose, and by His Eminence
Metropolitan Ioannis (Zizioulas) of Pergamo, representative of the
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. The Holy Father, through Cardinal
Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., has sent a telegram to
participants, expressing the hope that "the fraternal encounter
and discussions of these days may favour mutual knowledge and the
sharing of faith, arousing and renewing a joint commitment to protect
God's gift of the creation".
The
congress is being attended by representatives from the Orthodox
Churches and from the Catholic Church. Catholic representatives
include Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, vice dean of the College of
Cardinals; Archbishop Antonio Mennini, apostolic nuncio to Great
Britain, and Bishop Mansueto Bianchi of Pistoia, Italy, president of
the Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-religious Dialogue of the
Italian Episcopal Conference. Also present will be representatives
from the Church of England and from the Reform Churches, the World
Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity, as well as theologians and academics from all over
the world.
The
communique continues: "During the four days of meetings and
debates, which are open to the public, speakers will examine the
theological and spiritual dimensions of man's relationship with his
environment, seeking values capable of inspiring responsible choices
in the face of the ecological crisis, which has been provoked by man
himself and is causing irreversible damage to life on our planet".
Orthodox
Church teaching on ecological matters will be presented by Bishop
Amvrosij, rector of the Theological Academy of Saint Petersburg,
while the scholars John Behr of New York, Nestor Kavvadas of Tubingen
and Assaad Elias Kattan of Munster will speak on such subjects as:
the goodness of creation according to biblical narrative, the
relationship between wounded and healed nature and the history of
salvation, and the understanding of the relationship between human
beings and the creation in the Fathers of the Church from Irenaeus of
Lyons to Maximus the Confessor.
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 6 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Irena
Vaisvilaite, the new ambassador of Lithuania to the Holy See, for the
presentation of her Letters of Credence.
-
Cardinal Godfried Danneels, archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels,
Belgium.
- Twelve
prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia on their "ad
limina" visit:
-
Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez Carvajal C.I.M. of Cartagena.
- Bishop
Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio of Montelibano.
- Bishop
Nel H. Beltran Santamaria of Sincelejo.
- Fr.
Orlando Lopez Vergara, apostolic administrator of Monteria.
-
Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo of Manizales.
- Bishop
Fabio Duque Jaramillo O.F.M. of Garzon, apostolic administrator of
Armenia.
- Bishop
Oscar Anibal Salazar Gomez of La Dorada - Guanduas.
- Bishop
Rigoberto Corredor Bermudez of Pereira.
-
Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobon Restrepo of Medellin, accompanied by
Auxiliary Bishops Edgar Aristizabal Quintero, Hugo Alberto Torres
Marin and Elkin Fernando Alvarez Botero.
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