verrà presentato a Roma il 2 dicembre
Il Patriarcato di Mosca ha pubblicato un libro sul Papa. Si tratta di “Europa, patria spirituale”, un volume in edizione bilingue italiana e russa che raccoglie i discorsi che Joseph Ratzinger - Benedetto XVI ha dedicato all’Europa nell’arco di un decennio.
L’autorevole introduzione al volume è del Presidente del Dipartimento per le Relazioni Ecclesiastiche Outside of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, editorial initiative is made by the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow in cooperation with the International Association Sofia: the Russian Idea, Idea of \u200b\u200bEurope in Rome.
"This book is an event of historic, unprecedented in the thousand-year history of Catholics and Russian Orthodox," says the editor of the book, Professor. Pierluca Azzaro, Chairman of the International Association "Sofia" and professor of the History of Political Thought at the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano.
"But before and above all - the student continues -, is a great testimony of love between Christ and Christians. It is from this love that springs, spring must, European culture in all its manifold expressions: a vibrant culture, imbued with a genuinely creative moral energy, wholly oriented to building a good future for all. "
"Europe - adds depth. Azzaro - tell us the Pope and Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk in fine introduction, which is a cultural continent with its two wings, the Eastern Church and Western Church, stands on the narrow duality West Europe -Russia: Europe presents itself to us as the common 'home spiritual ', the splendid words used by the Pope on his last trip to the Czech Republic. "
Therefore, he stresses, "only if reclaiming and reaffirming together this vital dimension of Europe, it will be possible to avert the decline." According to Philip
Hieromonk (Ryabyh), Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow and the Moscow Patriarchate spokesman: "This book collects the speeches of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the fate of Europe is the testimony of absolute identity of views and positions of the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church with respect to modern social processes, he is the evidence of the enormous potential for cooperation Catholic-Orthodox. "
The presentation of the Pope's book takes place in Rome next Wednesday, December 2 at 12:30 pm at the Tapestry Hall of the Ministry of Economic Development (Via Veneto 33), during a special panel discussion entitled "The Role of Churches for the cultural integration of Europe. "
The presentation takes place in the Italian session of the Forum for civil society dialogue between Italy and Russia, which meets in Rome and Moscow in conjunction with the bilateral summits of Heads of State and Government of Italy and Russia, then in conjunction with the official visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev December 3 next.
the roundtable presentation there for the Catholic Church, Fr. prof. Milan Zust, responsible for Relations with the Patriarchate of Moscow at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, for the Russian Orthodox Church, Sergei Svonarev, Deputy Secretary for Relations with the European Institutions of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate Moscow.
For the world of Russian culture, the Rector of the State University of International Relations of the MFA of Russia Moscow, prof. Anatoly V. Torkunov; for the world of Italian culture, the Rector of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, prof. Lorenzo Ornaghi. For
Governo italiano è annunciata la presenza del Ministro dei Beni Culturali, l'on. Sandro Bondi, mentre per il Governo della Federazione Russa interverrà Mikhail E. Shvydkoi, Consigliere del Presidente della Federazione Russa per la cooperazione culturale internazionale.
Presiede la tavola rotonda il curatore dell’opera, il prof. Pierluca Azzaro, membro permanente del Foro di Dialogo. Al termine della presentazione i giornalisti presenti in sala avranno la possibilità di rivolgere le domande ai partecipanti.
[In Italia, il libro è acquistabile o prenotabile a Roma presso i punti vendita della Liberia Editrice Vaticana]
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