{"id":26257,"date":"2022-02-06T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T16:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26257"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T16:53:36","slug":"the-pope-the-time-has-come-to-live-in-a-spirit-of-fraternity-and-build-a-culture-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26257","title":{"rendered":"The Pope : “The time has come to live in a spirit of fraternity and build a culture of peace”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY .<\/p>\n

An article by Carol Glatz of the Catholic News Service published by Catholic Philly<\/a><\/p>\n

The time has come to live in a spirit of fraternity and build a culture of peace, sustainable development, tolerance, inclusion, mutual understanding and solidarity, Pope Francis said.<\/p>\n

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\nFrame from video of the Pope’s message<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

\u201cNow is not a time for indifference: either we are brothers and sisters or everything falls apart,\u201d he said in a video message marking the International Day of Human Fraternity Feb. 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The international celebration is a U.N.-declared observation to promote interreligious dialogue and friendship on the anniversary of the document on human fraternity signed in Abu Dhabi in 2019 by Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar in Egypt.<\/p>\n

The pope, the sheikh and U.S. President Joe Biden all issued messages for the commemoration.<\/p>\n

\u201cFraternity is one of the fundamental and universal values that ought to undergird relationships between peoples, so that the suffering or disadvantaged do not feel excluded and forgotten but accepted and supported as part of the one human family. We are brothers and sisters,\u201d the pope said in Italian in his video message.<\/p>\n

People must walk together, aware that, \u201cwhile respecting our individual cultures and traditions, we are called to build fraternity as a bulwark against hatred, violence and injustice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us must work to promote a culture of peace that encourages sustainable development, tolerance, inclusion, mutual understanding and solidarity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

People of different faiths all have a role to play, he said, because \u201cin the name of God, we who are his creatures must acknowledge that we are brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

And all of humanity lives \u201cunder the same heaven,\u201d so believers in God and all people of goodwill should journey together, he added.<\/p>\n

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(Click here for a French article <\/a> on this subject and here for a Spanish article.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion related to this article:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\nHow can different faiths work together for understanding and harmony?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cDo not leave it to tomorrow or an uncertain future,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a good day to extend a hand, to celebrate our unity in diversity \u2014 unity, not uniformity, unity in diversity \u2014 in order to say to the communities and societies in which we live that the time of fraternity has arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe path of fraternity is long and challenging, it is a difficult path, yet it is the anchor of salvation for humanity,\u201d the pope said. \u201cLet us counter the many threatening signs, times of darkness and mindsets of conflict with the sign of fraternity that, in accepting others and respecting their identity, invites them to a shared journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pope encouraged everyone to dedicate themselves to \u201cthe cause of peace and to respond concretely to the problems and needs of the least, the poor and the defenseless. Our resolve is to walk side by side, \u2018brothers and sisters all,\u2019 in order to be effective artisans of peace and justice, in the harmony of differences and with respect for the identity of each.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his video message, Sheikh el-Tayeb said, \u201cThis celebration means a quest for a better world where the spirit of tolerance, fraternity, solidarity and collaboration prevails. It also indicates a hope for providing effective tools to face the crises and challenges of contemporary humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have embarked on this path in the hope for a new world that is free of wars and conflicts, where the fearful are reassured, the poor sustained, the vulnerable protected and justice administered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In Biden\u2019s written statement commemorating the day, he encouraged everyone to work together to overcome the global challenges that no one nation or group of people can solve on their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long, the narrowed view that our shared prosperity is a zero-sum game has festered \u2014 the view that for one person to succeed, another has to fail,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis cramped idea has been a source of human conflict for centuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and increased violence, \u201crequire global cooperation from people of all backgrounds, cultures, faiths and beliefs. They require us to speak with one another in open dialogue to promote tolerance, inclusion and understanding,\u201d and to guarantee that \u201call people are treated with dignity and as full participants in society,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this day, we affirm \u2014 in words and in actions \u2014 the inherent humanity that unites us all,\u201d the president wrote. \u201cTogether, we have a real opportunity to build a better world that upholds universal human rights, lifts every human being and advances peace and security for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and member of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, said in a statement that the day \u201cis an opportunity to advance the sense of responsibility toward the poor, vulnerable, homeless and oppressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope human fraternity will turn into a global movement of promoting moral values shared by all peoples from all walks of life,\u201d the cardinal said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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