"True, dialogue does not aim at conversion, but at better mutual
understanding – that is correct. But all the same, the search for
knowledge and understanding always has to involve drawing closer to the truth.
Both sides in this piece-by-piece
approach to truth are therefore on the path that leads forward and towards
greater commonality, brought about by the oneness of the truth. ... I would
say that the Christian can afford to be supremely confident, yes,
fundamentally certain that he can
venture freely into the open sea of the truth, without having to fear for his
Christian identity. To be sure, we do not possess the truth, the truth
possesses us: Christ, Who is the truth, has taken us by the hand, and we know
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that His hand is holding
us securely on the path of our quest for knowledge".
New evangelisation
"Finally, at least a brief word should be added on the subject of
proclamation, or evangelisation. ... The word of proclamation is effective in
situations where man is listening in readiness for God to draw near, where man
is inwardly searching and
thus on the way towards the Lord. His heart is touched when Jesus turns
towards him, and then his encounter with the proclamation becomes a holy
curiosity to come to know Jesus better. As he walks with Jesus, he is led to
the place where Jesus lives, to
the community of the Church, which is His body. That means entering into the
journeying community of catechumens, a community of both learning and living,
in which our eyes are opened as we walk".
"'Come and see!' This saying, addressed by Jesus to the two s
eker-disciples, He also addresses to the seekers of today. At the end of the
year, we pray to the Lord that the Church, despite all her shortcomings, may
be increasingly recognizable as
His dwelling-place. We ask Him to open our eyes ever wider as we make our way
to His house, so that we can say ever more clearly, ever more convincingly:
'we have found Him for Whom the whole world is waiting, Jesus Christ, the true
Son of God and true
man'. With these sentiments, I wish you all from my heart a blessed Christmas
and a happy New Year".
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 21 December 2012 (VIS) - This afternoon the Holy Father will
receive in audience Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for
the Evangelisation of Peoples.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 21 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop
Devprasad John Ganawa S.V.D. of Jhabua, India, as bishop of Udaipur (area
47,000, population 8,224,000, Catholics 24,265, priests 71, religious 217),
India. He succeeds Bishop
Joseph Pathalil, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese
the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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