ACTA APOSTOLICAE SEDIS - Libr@rsi

Acta Ioannis Pauli Pp. II 47sponds to the cultural, ethical and spiritual needs of men and women. 21Inthis way the Church will continue to be a leaven in society, lending supportto initiatives which seek to protect and défend true values, especiallythe values of family and community solidarity, against the threat of materialismand self-centred individualism. These are matters in which thepromotion of understanding and co-operation between différent religious,cultural and ethnie groups takes on special signifícance. Continue to promoteever more genuine and effective dialogues, both ecumenical andinterreligious. Especially important is the "dialogue of life", whereby peopleof différent backgrounds join together in helping others in need, in bringingcomfort to the suffering, in ensuring respect for the rights of minorities,refugees and immigrants. There are also many Catholics among the immigrantsarriving on your shores, and I urge you to off er them the pastoralsupport and care they need. "As you have opportunity, do good to alipeople, especially those who are of the household of faith". 229. Dear Brother Bishops, I am fully aware of the responsibilities whichthe Lord has placed on you in calling you to the episcopacy, and I promiseyou the support of my prayers. I wish you to take away from our meetingsa renewed sense of the communion which, as Successors of theApostles, we share in the service of Christ and his Kingdom. May Mary,Queen of Peace and Star of Evangelization, guide you and protect theChurch in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Upon you and upon the clergy,religious and lay faithful of your région, whom with God's help I hope tobe able to visit again at some time in the future, I invoke an abundance ofdivine grâces, and to all I cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing.NUNTIUSP.D. Episcopo Leonensi missus: de festo SS.mi Corporis Christi.À Monseigneur Albert Houssiau, Évêque de Liège.1. En 1246, votre lointain prédécesseur sur le siège de Liège, Robert deThourotte, institua dans son diocèse la fête eucharistique connue désormaissous le nom de la Fête-Dieu, à la demande de Julienne de Cornillon, quiavait déjà composé un office du Corpus Domini, d'Eve de Saint-Martin et2122Cf. Sollicitudo rei socialis, 33.Cf. Gal 6:10.