{"id":24327,"date":"2017-08-22T07:41:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24327"},"modified":"2017-08-22T07:41:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:41:29","slug":"russia-sign-renewed-path-cardinal-parolins-visit-moscow-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/08\/22\/russia-sign-renewed-path-cardinal-parolins-visit-moscow-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA \u201cSign of a renewed path\u201d \u2013 Cardinal Parolin\u2019s visit to Moscow &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>RUSSIA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cSign of a renewed path\u201d \u2013 Cardinal Parolin\u2019s visit to Moscow<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, spoke about his visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. He said \u201cAt this historic moment, in which we witness an increase of tensions and conflicts in different parts of the world,\u201d Cardinal says, \u201cpeace is a clear and imperative priority for Pope Francis and for me personally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardinal Parolin said his talk with President Vladimir Putin would be primarily about the search for \u201cdialogue,\u201d \u201cpeace\u201d and the \u201ccommon good,\u201d The present situation in the Middle East and Syria and in Ukraine, and the conflicts in other parts of the world \u201care subject to the constant attention and concern of the Holy See.\u201d Therefore, he explained, \u201cthe necessity and urgency to seek peace and the way to pursue it, will certainly be one of the main topics of the conversations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe Church,\u201d\u00a0Cardinal Parolin stressed,\u00a0\u201cdoes not cease to remind all lawmakers of the planet not to put national interests, or at least particular interests, ahead the common good \u2013 not the law of force but the force of law \u2013 for the development of the whole man and of all men, and the harmony and cooperation between nations. And the method is always dialogue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardinal Parolin highlighted the urgency of \u201ca more effective cooperation between the different Confessions\u201d and of a \u201cgreater understanding between the Churches.\u201d Though he stated \u201cThe purpose of my visit goes beyond the preparation of a possible visit of the Holy Father to Russia,\u201d the Cardinal did not exclude the possibility of Pope Francis visiting Russia in the near future.\u00a0\u201cI hope that, with God\u2019s help, I can offer a contribution in this direction,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Below is an English translation of the synthesis by\u00a0Vatican Radio (Alessandro Gisotti) of Cardinal Parolin\u2019s interview by Tass Agency, on the occasion of his Trip to Russia (August 21-24, 2017)<\/strong><\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSign of a Renewed Path\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the eve of his important visit to Russia, the Cardinal Secretary of State , Pietro Parolin, gave a long and articulated interview to the Russian Agency TASS. The Cardinal stressed first of all that the meeting with the \u201cOrthodox hierarchy attests to the openness established in recent years up to last year\u2019s meeting in Havana\u201d between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill. The meeting, noted Cardinal Parolin, \u201cserved to give new eyes to see one another not predominantly on the background of the past, but of that of \u201cdesired and pursued communion.\u201d The Cardinal added that this is the condition necessary \u201cto be able to give new and unprecedented steps for the development of the ecumenical dialogue\u201d between Catholics and Orthodox. It\u2019s a path that requires \u201clove, patience, tenacity and commitment.\u201d And in this connection, he mentioned the initiative of the relics of Saint Nicholas, which arrived at Moscow from Bari, and were received with \u201centhusiasm and devotion\u201d by the Russian faithful, in the more than two months of permanence in the capital and in St. Petersburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Responding to a question on the crisis of values being experienced in today\u2019s world, the Vatican Secretary of State highlighted the urgency of \u201ca more effective cooperation between the different Confessions.\u201d \u201cAn ever greater understanding between the Churches will also be able to make its contribution through the sharing of experiences lived in different regions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then, answering a question on terrorism, a danger, he stressed, that must be addressed, pondering, however, \u201cwith much care on the eventual ways of intervention, in order to avoid actions of force triggering in turn new spirals of violence.\u201d The work of the Church, specified the Cardinal, \u201cis always long-term, made up of education and the formation of consciences,\u201d and he recalled that, in the last decades, the Holy See spared no efforts to \u201cstart, consolidate and sometimes renew relations of dialogue at the cultural and religious level, but especially at the socio-humanitarian level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSSIA \u201cSign of a renewed path\u201d \u2013 Cardinal Parolin\u2019s visit to Moscow &nbsp; Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, spoke about his visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. 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