{"id":291066,"date":"2005-05-24T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/love-of-god-and-neighbour-in-the-jewish-and-christian-traditions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T20:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:37:53","slug":"love-of-god-and-neighbour-in-the-jewish-and-christian-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/love-of-god-and-neighbour-in-the-jewish-and-christian-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLove of God and neighbour in the Jewish and Christian traditions\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

  \"\"Not a conflict of cultures but \u201ca harmonious composition of differences\u201d where the inexhaustible and infinite richness of God are brought to light, and greater commitment to dialogue and to getting to know one another more deeply is pledged.\u201d This was the message read at the first international Jewish-Christian symposium promoted by the Focolare Movement, from May 23-26. The participants met at Castelgandolfo, on the theme \u201cLove of God and neighbour in the Jewish and Christian traditions.\u201d<\/em> Addressing the symposium, Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, defined the developments in Jewish-Christian dialogue as \u201camazing.\u201d After recalling the gestures of John Paul II, he mentioned how, immediately after his election, Pope Benedict XVI declared his intention to continue to pursue this dialogue. \u201cI\u2019ve known Pope Ratzinger for 40 years now,\u201d Kasper said. \u201cHe has written much about Jewish-Christian relationships and made many important theological contributions. He has this dialogue very much at heart.\u201d For the future, Pope Ratzinger pointed out three challenges to be faced: \u201cWe must do all we can to know each other,\u201d deepen theological research, each on the other\u2019s faith, and \u2018collaborate\u2019 in efforts to alleviate poverty, and uphold human values and the family.\u201d All that has been accomplished needs to be transmitted to the new generations. The symposium started on May 23 with Chiara Lubich\u2019s welcoming message. The Focolare foundress related her personal experience. \u201cI assure you,\u201d she said, \u201cthat to me, it seems the Holy Spirit hovers over such meetings; and even more so in this one for Jews and Christians!\u201d Giuseppe Zangh\u00ec, co-director of the Focolare Center for Interreligious Dialogue \u2013 observed that the \u201ctone\u201d of the symposium is one of \u201creciprocal openness in a listening attitude which leads to knowing one another at the very source of love,\u201d that love among us where \u201cthe prophets\u2019 promises of peace find their fulfilment.\u201d On the Jewish side, Ibraham Skorka, rector of the Latin American Rabbinic Seminary of Buenos Aires (Argentina), elaborated on \u201cThe concept of the human being.\u201d Jack Bemporad, director of the Center for Interreligious Understanding of New York, and Gerard Ross\u00e9, biblical theologian, dealt on the theme \u201cGod\u2019s presence and God\u2019s silence.\u201d Among the Catholic exponents were Piero Coda and Jes\u00fas Castellano. The Focolare Movement\u2019s dialogue with the faithful of the Jewish religion began several decades ago. Particularly important was the meeting of 1998 in Buenos Aires between Chiara Lubich and one of the largest Jewish communities of Latin America. The participants of the symposium attended the General Audience at St. Peter\u2019s Square. Fabrizio Mastrofini – Avvenire<\/em> – May 25, 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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