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September 09, 2009 - Seven decades after the outbreak of World War II, the Sant’Egidio Community held its annual interfaith peace gathering in Krakow from September 6-8. Numerous political and religious leaders, including six cardinals, took part in 22 panel discussions on topics as varied as Auschwitz and the dialogue of faith and science.
In his keynote address, Sant’Egidio Community founder Andrea Riccardi emphasized the power of prayer over history, linking the prayers for peace at Assisi in 1986 with the collapse of European Communism in 1989. At the opening assembly, Rabbi David Rosen, the director of the American Jewish Committee’s Department of Interreligious Affairs, paid a remarkable tribute to Pope John Paul II, linking him to the fulfillment of the prophecies in Isaiah:
This messianic vision is a vision of Universal peace, when “many nations will go up unto the mountain of the Lord” “nation will not lift up sword against nation and they shall learn war no more”. In this messianic Age, the prophet envisages that “the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the kid” … it is the vision of Isaiah that gives us the greatest hope vision for the future and it was a son of Krakow who led us so remarkably towards that vision-- may it be fulfilled speedily in our days. Amen.
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In his keynote address, Sant’Egidio Community founder Andrea Riccardi emphasized the power of prayer over history, linking the prayers for peace at Assisi in 1986 with the collapse of European Communism in 1989. At the opening assembly, Rabbi David Rosen, the director of the American Jewish Committee’s Department of Interreligious Affairs, paid a remarkable tribute to Pope John Paul II, linking him to the fulfillment of the prophecies in Isaiah:
This messianic vision is a vision of Universal peace, when “many nations will go up unto the mountain of the Lord” “nation will not lift up sword against nation and they shall learn war no more”. In this messianic Age, the prophet envisages that “the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the kid” … it is the vision of Isaiah that gives us the greatest hope vision for the future and it was a son of Krakow who led us so remarkably towards that vision-- may it be fulfilled speedily in our days. Amen.
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