MESSAGGIO AL SIMPOSIO INTERNAZIONALE "VERSO LA GUARIGIONE E IL RINNOVAMENTO" (ROMA, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITÀ GREGORIANA, 6-9 FEBBRAIO 2012) È iniziato questo pomeriggio presso la Pontificia Università Gregoriana in Roma il Simposio Internazionale "Verso la guarigione e il rinnovamento", che riunisce fino al 9 febbraio Vescovi e Superiori Religiosi da tutto il mondo per rilanciare l’impegno della Chiesa per la protezione dei minori e delle persone vulnerabili dagli abusi sessuali. Il Simposio è stato aperto dal Prefetto della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, Card. William Joseph Levada.
Pubblichiamo di seguito il testo del Messaggio che il Cardinale Segretario di Stato Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., ha inviato a nome del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI al Rettore della Pontificia Università Gregoriana, P. François-Xavier Dumortier, S.I., e che è stato letto nel pomeriggio all’apertura del lavori del Simposio:
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From the Vatican, 30 January 2012
Dear Father Dumortier,
The Holy Father sends cordial greetings to all the participants in the Symposium "Towards Healing and Renewal", taking place from 6 to 9 February 2012 under the auspices of the Pontifical Gregorian University, and he assures you of his prayers for this important initiative. He asks the Lord that, through your deliberations, many bishops and religious superiors throughout the world may be helped to respond in a truly Christ-like manner to the tragedy of child abuse.
As His Holiness has often observed, healing for victims must be of paramount concern in the Christian community, and it must go hand in hand with a profound renewal of the Church at every level. Our Lord reminds us that every act of charity towards even the least of our brethren is an act of charity towards him (cf. Mt 25:40). The Holy Father therefore supports and encourages every effort to respond with evangelical charity to the challenge of providing children and vulnerable adults with an ecclesial environment conducive to their human and spiritual growth. He urges the participants in the Symposium to continue drawing on a wide range of expertise in order to promote throughout the Church a vigorous culture of effective safeguarding and victim support.
Commending the work of the Symposium to the intercession of Mary, Mother of the Church, he gladly imparts his Apostolic Blessing to all the participants, as a pledge of strength and peace in the Lord.
Yours sincerely in Christ,
Card. Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.
Secretary of State
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The Very Reverend François-Xavier Dumortier, S.J.
Rector
Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta, 4
00187 Roma
[00176-02.01] [Original text: English]
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