RABBI POPE SPOKE TO THE DELEGATION OF "B'nai B'rith International"
VATICAN CITY, 12 MAY 2011 (VIS) .- Benedict XVI today received in audience a delegation from the "B'nai B'rith International" (Hebrew for "Sons of the Alliance"), the oldest Jewish volunteer organization, founded in 1843 in New York.
The Pope expressed his appreciation for the "active participation" of the B'nai B'rith International in the meeting of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison, held in Paris in late February, on the fortieth anniversary of the dialogue between the two religions. "What has happened in the last forty years," she said should be considered a great gift from God and a source of deep gratitude to Him to guide our steps in His infinite wisdom and eternal. "
"The meeting Paris confirmed the desire of Catholics and Jews to face together the enormous challenges that lie ahead for our communities in a rapidly changing world and, significantly, our common religious duty to fight poverty, injustice, discrimination and denial of universal human rights. "
The Holy Father emphasized that" one of the most important things we can do together is to give common witness to our deep-seated belief that every man and woman is created in the divine image and therefore endowed with dignity is inviolable. This conviction remains more secure foundation for all efforts in defending and promoting the inalienable rights of human beings ".
Recalling the recent meeting between delegations from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Commission Holy See for Religious Relations with Jews, Benedict XVI said on that occasion, "emphasized the need to promote a healthy understanding of the role of religion in the life of our societies as a corrective to a purely horizontal, and truncated both from the individual and social life.
"Through the life and work of all believers, he concluded," is to offer a constant testimony to the significance, indicate the invisible realities that are beyond ourselves, and embody the conviction that a loving Providence and compassionate guide to the end of the story, despite the difficulties and threats they may encounter along the way. "
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IF THE POPE, NOT PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND INVITES THE CONVERSION, HARDLY FIND THE WAY BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE
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