Pope Francis recently sent a letter to the 44th Congress of Friendship of Peoples in Rimini through Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, inviting people to build a culture of peace through concrete actions, overcome personal egoism and open up “paths of encounter and dialogue” . The current Rimini National Friendship Conference was held from August 20th to 25th, with the theme of “The existence of human nature is an inexhaustible friendship”.
(Vatican News Network) The 44th Rimini Congress of Friendship of Peoples was held from August 20 to 25. On the eve of the Congress, Pope Francis sent a letter to Bishop Nicolò Anselmi of Rimini through Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, emphasizing that Christians and all people of good will will not “respond to the voice of our world to God”. turn a deaf ear”. In order to build “a culture of peace”, people need to pay “concrete actions” and “common choices”, and it is not enough to just talk and do nothing.
The letter reads that the Church continually encourages “the path for all to walk” is “to reconcile with family, friends or neighbors, to pray for those who have hurt us, to recognize and help those in need, and to bring peace to others.” discourse”.
no one can be rescued alone
Thus, at a time when “war and division sow resentment and fear in people’s hearts”, “others who are different from themselves are often seen as adversaries”. The Pope noted that the present is “a time characterized by individualism and indifference, which produce loneliness and many forms of abandonment”. It is “a situation that cannot be escaped on its own” because “no one can be rescued alone”. Therefore, God sent his Son into the world to start “an absolutely new vision”.
Jesus’ friendship
The Pope emphasized that “the God who resurrected Christ broke loneliness and gave man His love, which is pure grace”, through which “human loneliness is eliminated. Human experience is no longer miserable and powerless, but with consciousness and Passionate energy”. “Man’s strength lies in God, and man’s assurance also lies in God.” “The existence of human nature is an inexhaustible friendship.”
Be Brothers and Sisters in Christ
In the letter, the Pope said that, as stated in the encyclical “Frethren”, “love for others drives us to seek a better life for them” and that “only by cultivating relationships in this way can we Only in this way can interpersonal friendship not exclude anyone, and in order to create a brotherhood that is open to all.” The Congress of Rimini was thus “a place of friendship between individuals and peoples” and opened up “paths of encounter and dialogue” so that “fraternity never ceases” because it is “founded on the basis of Christ and Peter on the rock of the
Promote a Culture of Encounter
Finally, the Pope pointed out that “the experience of fraternity builds history, that is the experience of humanity that we share with everyone regardless of cultural and religious traditions”, that is “the friendship that brings others into the world of our own life”. At the end of the letter, the Pope hoped that Rimini’s “Congress of Friendship of Nations will continue to promote the culture of encounter, open to all and exclude no one, because in each of us there is the figure of the Father who ‘gives life, breath and everything'”. The Pope wanted “all those present to learn to approach others in the way of Jesus”.
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2023-08-19 12:13:44
