Samtaler mellom katolikker og ortodokse – paven sender sin hilsen
Pave Benedikt har sendt en hilsen gjennom kardinal Walter Kasper til det tiende felleskristen symposiet mellom katolikker og ortodokse, som arrangeres på den greske øya Tinos fra 16. til 19. september.
The symposium, organized every two years by the Franciscan Institute of Spirituality at Rome’s Antonianum Pontifical Athenaeum, and by the faculty of theology at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece, aims to study Catholics’ and Orthodox’ shared patrimony of faith and tradition. The current meeting – which has as its theme «St. John Chrysostom, a bridge between East and West» – coincides with the 1,600th anniversary of the death of that saint, considered as a Father of the Church in both East and West.
In his Message, the Pope expresses his happiness at the fact that the gathering is being held on Tinos «where Orthodox and Catholics coexist fraternally,» and he recalls how «ecumenical cooperation in the academic field contributes to maintaining an impetus towards the longed-for communion among all Christians.
On the subject of ecumenical cooperation, the Pope points out how …
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Benedict argued that this obedience does not restrict human liberty, but allows people “to discover their deepest identity and interior freedom.” It’s an especially important bit of testimony, he said, in a world that craves “self-realization” and “self-determination.”