TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE ALL’EM.MO
CARD. TOMKO IN OCCASIONE DEL CONVEGNO INTER-RELIGIOSO (ASTANA
- KAZAKHSTAN - 23-25 SETTEMBRE 2003)
Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma che il Santo
Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato all’Em.mo Card. Jozef
Tomko, Capo della Delegazione della Santa Sede al Convegno Inter-Religioso
che ha luogo ad Astana (Kazakhstan) dal 23 al 25 settembre 2003.
TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTER-RELIGIOUS CONGRESS TAKING PLACE
AT ASTANA ON THE ROLE OF RELIGIONS IN THE PRESENT GLOBAL CONTEXT
FILLED WITH DANGERS FOR WORLD PEACE I AM PLEASED TO SEND CORDIAL
GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS, HIS EXCELLENCY MR.
NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV, AND TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS, TO WHOM I
WISH EVERY SUCCESS IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS. IN THE SPIRIT OF
ASSISI, THIS NEW INITIATIVE OF THE KAZAKHSTAN AUTHORITIES WILL
HELP TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY, THE DEFENCE OF RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM AND THE GROWTH OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLES,
CONVINCED AS WE ARE THAT RELIGION, PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD, SHOWS
ITSELF TO BE A SOLID INSTRUMENT FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE.
FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON THE BASIS OF THE REVEALED
TEACHING LIVING WITHIN HER, IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORT EVERY SINCERE
EFFORT IN FAVOUR OF A GENUINE PEACE BASED ON TRUTH, JUSTICE,
LOVE AND FREEDOM.
IOANNES PAULUS II
[Original text: English] .
