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AAS 80 - La Santa Sede

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1310 Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Commentarium Officiale<br />

These and other challenges, dear Brothers, stand before the Church<br />

of God in the United States—a beloved Church living in the power<br />

of Christ's Spirit and called to ever greater holiness of life, especially<br />

during this Marian Year of grâce. As you rise up humbly with your<br />

people to meet thèse challenges, you have every reason to be fllled<br />

with hope. In all your efforts to live worthily the mystery of the<br />

Church, you are supported by the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary,<br />

who, "as a sign of sure hope and solace", 16 accompanies you on your<br />

pi] grimage of faith toward the final goal of eternai life in Christ<br />

Jesus. As you make your pilgrim way along this path, I ask you<br />

to take deep encouragement from the words of the Prophet: "The<br />

Lord God is in your midst, a mighty savior ; he will rejoice over you<br />

with gladness and renew you in his love". 17<br />

In this love I send my Apostolic Blessing to ali your locai Churches,<br />

being especially mindful of ali those w T ho bear the Cross of Christ<br />

in pain and suffering.<br />

V<br />

Ad eos qui plenario coetui Secretariatus pro non credentibus interfuerunt<br />

coram admissos.*<br />

Messieurs les Cardinaux,<br />

Chers Frères dans Vépiscopat,<br />

Chers amis,<br />

1. Je suis heureux de vous accueillir à l'occasion de l'Assemblée<br />

plénière du Secrétariat pour les non-croyants, réunie sous la pré­<br />

sidence du Cardinal Paul Poupard, avec pour thème de réflexion :<br />

(( Idéologies, mentalités et foi chrétienne ».<br />

Vous avez choisi ce thème pour cerner de plus près le phénomène<br />

complexe de l'athéisme, de la non-croyance et de l'indifférence reli­<br />

gieuse, et déceler les facteurs qui y poussent l'homme contemporain.<br />

2. Si les idéologies, nées des combats sociaux et des utopies athées<br />

du xix e siècle, manifestent encore de la vigueur dans certaines régions<br />

du monde, elles tendent cependant à stagner ou à s'affaiblir, même<br />

16 Lumen Gentium, 68.<br />

17 Zeph 3:17.<br />

* Die 5 m. Martii a. 1988.

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