SUMMARY:
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CARDINAL TAURAN AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE KAICIID
- IN
MEMORIAM
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CARDINAL
TAURAN AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE KAICIID
Vatican
City, 27 November 2012 (VIS) - Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president
of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, gave an
address at the inaugural ceremony of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Centre for Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Dialogue (KAICIID) in
Vienna, Austria, yesterday. The centre is an independent
organisation, recognised by the United Nations and founded by Saudi
Arabia, Austria and Spain, to which the Holy See adheres in the role
of Founding Observer.
"It
is my privilege to bring to this assembly the greetings of His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, as well as his prayerful wishes for the
success of the activity of this Dialogue Centre", said Cardinal
Tauran.
"We
are being watched", he continued. "Everyone is expecting
from the initiative of His Majesty King Abdullah, supported by the
governments of Austria and Spain, with the assistance of the Holy See
as founding observer, honesty, vision and credibility.
"This
Centre presents another opportunity for open dialogue on many issues,
including those related to fundamental human rights, in particular
religious freedom in all its aspects, for everybody, for every
community, everywhere. In this regard, you will understand that the
Holy See is particularly attentive to the fate of Christian
communities in countries where such a freedom is not adequately
guaranteed. Information, new initiatives, aspirations, and perhaps
also failures will be brought to our attention. It then will be the
task of the centre - and when possible with the cooperation of other
organisations - to verify their authenticity and to act consequently,
in order that our contemporaries not be deprived of the light and the
resources that religion offers for the happiness of every human
being.
"Believers
have to work for and to support all that favours the human person in
his material, moral and religious aspirations. So three attitudes are
required: respect of the other in his/her specificity; mutual
objective knowledge of the religious tradition of each other,
particularly through education; and collaboration in order that our
pilgrimage towards the Truth be realised in freedom and serenity.
"Concluding
and quoting Pope Benedict XVI, I would like to assure you of the
cooperation of the Catholic Church: 'By her presence, her prayer and
her various works of mercy, especially in education and health care,
she wishes to give her best to everyone. She wants to be close to
those who are in need, near to those who search for God'.
"It
is in this spirit of brotherhood and friendship that we have to
work!", the cardinal concluded.
IN
MEMORIAM
Vatican
City, 27 November 2012 (VIS) - The following prelates died recently:
- Bishop
Aloysius Balina of Shinyanga, Tanzania, on 6 November at the age of
67.
- Bishop
Joseph Oliver Bowers S.V.D., emeritus of Saint John's-Basseterre,
Antigua, on 6 November at the age of 102.
- Bishop
Alfons Demming, auxiliary of Munster, Germany, on 31 October at the
age of 84.
- Bishop
Michel Hrynchyshyn C.SS.R., apostolic exarch for Ukrainian faithful
of Byzantine rite resident in France, on 12 November at the age of
83.
- Bishop
Luiz Eugenio Perez, emeritus of Jaboticabal, Brazil, on 14 November
at the age of 84.
-
Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, apostolic nuncio, on 31 October at
the age of 75.
- Bishop
Patrick Francis Sheehan O.S.A., emeritus of Kano, Nigeria, on 8
November at the age of 80.
- Bishop
Patrick Ronald Cooney, emeritus of Gaylord, U.S.A., on 15 October at
the age of 78.
- Bishop
Rene-Marie Ehouzou C.I.M., of Porto Novo, Benin, on 17 October at the
age of 68.
- Bishop
Eduardo Herrera Riera, emeritus of Carora, Venezuela, on 27 October
at the age of 85.
-
Archbishop Henry Ernest Karlen C.M.M., emeritus of Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe, on 28 October at the age of 90.
- Bishop
Felix Eugenio Mkhori, emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi, on 27 October at
the age of 81.
-
Archbishop George Riashi, emeritus of Tripoli of Lebanon of the
Greek-Melkites, Lebanon, on 28 October at the age of 78.
- Bishop
Odorico Leovigildo O.F.M., apostolic vicar of Requena, Peru, on 14
October at the age of 100.
- Bishop
Jose Agostinhi Sartori O.F.M., emeritus of Palmas-Francisco Beltrao,
Brazil, on 6 June at the age of 83.
- Bishop
Jean-Pierre Urkia M.E.P., apostolic vicar of Pakse, Laos, on 21
December 2011, at the age of 92.
- Bishop
Joseph B. Willigers M.H.M., emeritus of Jinja, Uganda, on 30
September at the age of 81.
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