interview with the mayor of Bari, on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas. EMILIANO: BARI CITTA 'ECUMENISM
Mayor to "Eye of the parish."
"San Nicola is the vehicle of relations between Catholics, Orthodox and other religions." So the mayor of Bari, Michele Emiliano, debuted in an exclusive interview with "Eye to the parish, at the end of a meeting held in the Council Room of the City of Bari on 8 January last, with a delegation composed of Rumanian Bishop. Emilian, Bishop of the city of Valcea, Romeo Radulescu, mayor of the city of Valcea and Gheorghe Ciuca, mayor of the town of Baile Olanesti for the occasion, accompanied by Father Damien Bova, Prior of the Basilica San Nicola and her father Mihai Drigo, pastor of the Orthodox Community of Bari A meeting about friendship in the name of cultural dialogue and religious reference in a week of prayer for Christian Unity. The city of Bari has always been the cornerstone for the unity and interreligious dialogue thanks to the presence of two giants of Christendom, the Basilica of San Nicola and the Russian Church, which is also entitled to our patron saint. In March 2009, already the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, on the occasion of handing over the keys of the Church Russian Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, launched an appeal which, although limited only to words, was an invitation to dialogue between all the different religious denominations: "The culture of peace in mutual understanding - said the head of state - with the rapprochement between traditions cultural and spiritual, is the best response to the spread of intolerance and aggressive fundamentalism that denies essential
and threaten gains of freedom and civil progress. " As we all know, however, the reality is another, at least as it dawns in the latter period, on the pages of newspapers and magazines around the world. One of Emily's dreams for his city, in fact, is to transform Bari, 2015, as well as in an industrial metropolis, also the capital of ecumenism. Achieving this requires that "the parishes in the forefront, are the reference points within the territory and, combined, may represent more a place for social revival." The parish has always been, besides being the place par excellence where human and divine meet, is growing again become a gathering place where young people in particular, have the possibility to express and give shape to your skills and ideas in a national situation in which, unfortunately, dominated by mistrust, discouragement and defeatism. The Mayor urges, finally, to a mutual understanding of the actions of individual parishes and then develop a process that allows, through collaboration with the municipal administration, growth - Civic - ethical, spiritual, social. In general culture.
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