Cyprus: Religions have the ability to give Hope. Mario Marazziti, spokesperson of the Community of Sant'Egidio that organizes one of the most significant world encounters between religions, explains …More
Cyprus: Religions have the ability to give Hope.
Mario Marazziti, spokesperson of the Community of Sant'Egidio that organizes one of the most significant world encounters between religions, explains the value of religion in a world in crisis from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus:
"Religions help discover what is important in life, that is, to work for a world with more justice. Here we must once more learn to live with other religions, because when you are in crisis, each person is tempted to think only in himself, and to see the other as an enemy, a competitor. Religions have the ability to give hope to the men and women of our time, who should work for a different world, because it seems like we are in the aftermath of a world war that has not yet finished."
The city of Nicosia is showing great enthusiasm for this encounter that represents a further step toward peace and that the Community of Sant'Egidio has organized since 1987, after the World Day of Prayer in Assisi convoked by John Paul II on October 27, 1986.
Mario Marazziti, spokesperson of the Community of Sant'Egidio that organizes one of the most significant world encounters between religions, explains the value of religion in a world in crisis from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus:
"Religions help discover what is important in life, that is, to work for a world with more justice. Here we must once more learn to live with other religions, because when you are in crisis, each person is tempted to think only in himself, and to see the other as an enemy, a competitor. Religions have the ability to give hope to the men and women of our time, who should work for a different world, because it seems like we are in the aftermath of a world war that has not yet finished."
The city of Nicosia is showing great enthusiasm for this encounter that represents a further step toward peace and that the Community of Sant'Egidio has organized since 1987, after the World Day of Prayer in Assisi convoked by John Paul II on October 27, 1986.