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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 171
DATE 25-09-2012
Summary:
- THE COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES CALLS AT ASSISI
- AUDIENCES
___________________________________________________________
THE COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES CALLS AT ASSISI
Vatican City, 25 September 2012 (VIS) - "God, the unknown" is to be the theme
of the "Atrium of St. Francis", an initiative organised by the Pontifical
Council for Culture, the Holy Convent of Assisi and the "Oicos Riflessioni"
Association. A press
conference presenting the event was held this morning in the Holy See Press
Office.
The meeting is due to take place in the Italian town of Assisi on 5 and 6
October and is part of the "Courtyard of the Gentiles" project, a structure
for permanent dialogue between believers and non believers created by the
Pontifical Council for
Culture under the presidency of Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. The Courtyard of
the Gentiles has already organised events in several European capitals.
The Assisi meeting, in which more than forty speakers are due to participate,
will be opened by Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Republic of Italy. The
programme, which involves nine meetings in nine "atria" at different locations
around the city of
St. Francis, will cover the following themes: "Work, business and
responsibility", "Contemplation and meditation", "Inter-cultural and
inter-religious dialogue for peace", "Young people, between faith and
nihilism", "The cry of the earth", "Art and
faith", "The cry of the poor, the world economic crisis and sustainable
development". Among the participants will be figures from the worlds of
culture, science, art and economics, such as film-maker Ermanno Olmi,
architect Massimiliano Fuksas, and
trade union leader Susanna Camusso.
"In a second edition of his letter to the faithful St. Francis addressed
himself to 'all Christians, religious, clergy and laity, to men and women, to
all inhabitants of the world entire'", notes Fr. Giuseppe Piemontese,
custodian of the Holy Convent of
Assisi. "We are opening the 'Atrium of St. Francis' with great humility, and
under the sign of that evangelical openness to others. Our hope is that the
Courtyard of the Gentiles, in its call at Assisi, will be able to demonstrate
the 'pure heart' and
'pure mind' to which St. Francis called us".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 25 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120925
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 171DATE 25-09-2012
Summary: - THE COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES
CALLS AT ASSISI -
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 25 September 2012 (VIS) - "God, the unknown" is to be the
theme of the "Atrium of St. Francis", an initiative organised by the
Pontifical Council for Culture, the Holy Convent of Assisi and the "Oicos
Riflessioni" Association. A press
conference presenting the event was held this morning in the Holy See Press
Office.
The meeting is due to take place in the Italian town of Assisi on 5 and 6
October and is part of the "Courtyard of the Gentiles" project, a structure
for permanent dialogue between believers and non believers created by the
Pontifical Council for
Culture under the presidency of Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. The Courtyard of
the Gentiles has already organised events in several European capitals.
The Assisi meeting, in which more than forty speakers are due to
participate, will be opened by Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Republic
of Italy. The programme, which involves nine meetings in nine "atria" at
different locations around the city
of St. Francis, will cover the following themes: "Work, business and
responsibility", "Contemplation and meditation", "Inter-cultural and
inter-religious dialogue for peace", "Young people, between faith and
nihilism", "The cry of the earth", "Art and
faith", "The cry of the poor, the world economic crisis and sustainable
development". Among the participants will be figures from the worlds of
culture, science, art and economics, such as film-maker Ermanno Olmi,
architect Massimiliano Fuksas, and
trade union leader Susanna Camusso.
"In a second edition of his letter to the faithful St. Francis addressed
himself to 'all Christians, religious, clergy and laity, to men and women, to
all inhabitants of the world entire'", notes Fr. Giuseppe Piemontese,
custodian of the Holy Convent
of Assisi. "We are opening the 'Atrium of St. Francis' with great humility,
and under the sign of that evangelical openness to others. Our hope is that
the Courtyard of the Gentiles, in its call at Assisi, will be able to
demonstrate the 'pure heart'
and 'pure mind' to which St. Francis called us".
Vatican City, 25 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for
Bishops.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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