BIJ HET ONDERTEKENEN VAN DE APOSTOLISCHE EXHORTATIE VOOR HET MIDDEN-OOSTEN St. Paulus basiliek, Harissa (bij Beiroet, Libanon)
(Soort document: Paus Benedictus XVI - Toespraak)
Paus Benedictus XVI - Postsynodale Apostolische Exhortatie Ecclesia in Medio Oriente De Kerk in het Midden-Oosten - Naar aanleiding van de Bisschoppensynode over het Midden-Oosten (14 september 2012) provides some elements that are helpful for a personal and communal examination of conscience, and an objective evaluation of the commitment and desire for holiness of each one of Christ’s disciples. The Exhortation shows openness to authentic interreligious dialogue based on faith in the one God, the Creator. It also seeks to contribute to an ecumenism full of human, spiritual and charitable fervour, in evangelical truth and love, drawing its strength from the commandment of the risen Lord: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt. 28, 19-20).
