Cardinal Renato Martino in Havana.
Date: 2006-02-17
Social Teaching Offers Common Ground, Says Cardinal
President of Justice and Peace Council Visits Cuba
HAVANA, FEB. 17, 2006 (ZENIT.org).- The social doctrine of the Church offers a common ground for dialogue with nonbelievers, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Cardinal Renato Martino, speaking Thursday at the opening Mass of events planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cuban National Ecclesial Meeting, said that the Church's social doctrine is "a formidable instrument of openness and dialogue with believers of other religions and with all men of good will," according to a press release issued by the dicastery.
Benedict XVI had sent a message for the occasion to Cardinal Jaime Ortega, archbishop of Havana, in which he recalled the words of Pope John Paul II during the latter's 1998 visit: "May Cuba open to the world and the world open to Cuba."
In his address, Cardinal Martino, who is on a world tour to promote the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, said that it "takes into consideration the man in all of his specific needs, material and spiritual, and proposes to point out the profound sense of our common life, of our fight for justice."
It is "based on the fundamental values shared by humanity," he said, "with respect for the dignity of each person and the aspiration of development, reconciliation and peace."
"But in too many countries," said the Italian cardinal, "they have not yet satisfied the demands of justice relative to the most elemental rights, like those to potable water, a dignified life, and sanitary assistance, while in other countries they assert the granting of sophisticated rights of the so-called new generation."
In this context, he emphasized that solidarity precedes individual rights, and in fact solidarity forms the foundation of all other rights.
4 points
He highlighted four challenges which form the common ground of compromise between believers and nonbelievers.
First, life must be protected from conception to its natural end. He emphasized the importance of the family in this area, and said that the family is the key to the future of humanity.
Second, hunger and poverty must be eliminated, and this requires effort on the part of wealthy countries, and honest and intelligent cooperation on the part of developing countries.
Third, peace must be attained through the attainment of justice, reconciliation, dialogue and an end of the arms race.
Fourth, freedom, especially religious freedom, the foundation of all other freedoms, must be granted to all men.
In this current trip, the cardinal will visit the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Social Teaching Offers Common Ground, Says Cardinal
President of Justice and Peace Council Visits Cuba
HAVANA, FEB. 17, 2006 (ZENIT.org).- The social doctrine of the Church offers a common ground for dialogue with nonbelievers, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Cardinal Renato Martino, speaking Thursday at the opening Mass of events planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cuban National Ecclesial Meeting, said that the Church's social doctrine is "a formidable instrument of openness and dialogue with believers of other religions and with all men of good will," according to a press release issued by the dicastery.
Benedict XVI had sent a message for the occasion to Cardinal Jaime Ortega, archbishop of Havana, in which he recalled the words of Pope John Paul II during the latter's 1998 visit: "May Cuba open to the world and the world open to Cuba."
In his address, Cardinal Martino, who is on a world tour to promote the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, said that it "takes into consideration the man in all of his specific needs, material and spiritual, and proposes to point out the profound sense of our common life, of our fight for justice."
It is "based on the fundamental values shared by humanity," he said, "with respect for the dignity of each person and the aspiration of development, reconciliation and peace."
"But in too many countries," said the Italian cardinal, "they have not yet satisfied the demands of justice relative to the most elemental rights, like those to potable water, a dignified life, and sanitary assistance, while in other countries they assert the granting of sophisticated rights of the so-called new generation."
In this context, he emphasized that solidarity precedes individual rights, and in fact solidarity forms the foundation of all other rights.
4 points
He highlighted four challenges which form the common ground of compromise between believers and nonbelievers.
First, life must be protected from conception to its natural end. He emphasized the importance of the family in this area, and said that the family is the key to the future of humanity.
Second, hunger and poverty must be eliminated, and this requires effort on the part of wealthy countries, and honest and intelligent cooperation on the part of developing countries.
Third, peace must be attained through the attainment of justice, reconciliation, dialogue and an end of the arms race.
Fourth, freedom, especially religious freedom, the foundation of all other freedoms, must be granted to all men.
In this current trip, the cardinal will visit the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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same old stuff, the world has to change not the evil dictator.
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