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UCAM has inaugurated this morning the World Congress Universitario Juan Pablo II Magno
The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, inaugurated the symposium accompanied by the president of the University, José Luis Mendoza, the Bishop of Cartagena, Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes and the leadership, Josefina García Lozano.
During the morning also been involved in the Congress, the Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, former Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro Valls, and President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Cardinal Julian Herranz, President UCAM, José Luis Mendoza, said that the Catholic University, an instrument to serve the Church and society, owes its existence to John Paul II, who promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae.
The Bishop of Cartagena, Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes recalled that the first words uttered by the pope after his election, "open wide the doors to Christ, the world awoke from a dream and opened the doors the New Evangelization."
For his part, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares highlighted the example of his final months as one of the most eloquent signs of his pontificate and airy.
Cardinal Zenon Grokolewski has delivered the inaugural lecture entitled 'The hermeneutical key of the fascinating mosaic of the personality of John Paul II'.
Grocolewski has stated that "each of the specific aspects, religious, pastoral, doctrinal, educational, cultural and social, present in his pontificate, undoubtedly reflected his greatness."
The cardinal explained, however, that "his captivating personality manifests itself most clearly when we look at all of their achievements and when we perceive in a glance, the enormous richness and impressive harmony and coherence of the various dimensions that make up the glittering mosaic of his extraordinary life. "
Then, the former spokesman Joaquin Navarro Valls, gave the lecture 'Juan Pablo II, a Pope who challenges the contemporary world. "
Navarro Valls said the pope's diplomatic work Slavic, may well be defined as diplomacy true virtue.
"A Pope, and in particular John Paul II, acts as an ambassador of God in the world and thus enables him to act in history.
I want to show the strength and coherence of John Paul II in relation to the injustice that led to the division of Europe after World War II.
Following the statement, a single Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals, there is a profound reality intimately linked to human rights.
The Pope's voice pierced the Iron Curtain and into the heart of every man. "
The last speaker of the morning, was awarded to Cardinal Julian Herranz, who has lectured on Freedom and Truth in John Paul II.
Herranz emphasized that "the greatest record of the Polish Pope, the foundation of all others, are the countless hours he spent over his life and his papacy before the Blessed Sacrament, speaking with his love, with Christ, the Church matters, and their children, souls.
Thanks to this record countless broke over a long action based on the respect for freedom, truth and dignity that characterized his diplomacy, which has been continuing in the path of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI .
Blessing of the sculpture of John Paul II's blessing is worth noting, by the Bishop of Cartagena, Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes, a unique sculpture of the pope, made of cast bronze by renowned sculptor Salamanca, representative of the artists for Jubilee 2000 to His Holiness, Venancio Blanco, who will now occupy a special place in the main square of access to the Jeronimos Monastery.
Venancio Blanco has stated that "the day today is certainly a day of friendship with a man of values as was Pope John Paul II.
The sculpture that represents him, says his condition certainly good and brave man, and also expresses the beauty that always accompanied him as a reward for his dedication to God and others. "
Source: UCAM
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