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March 2, 2015

Remedy against violence is seeing differences as beneficial, says Pope

Pope Francis gives a blessing as he leads the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 22.

VATICAN CITY - The best antidote to violence is teaching people to discover and accept differences as being valuable, Pope Francis told the bishops of North Africa.

Published in International
February 29, 2012

Building democracy harder than toppling dictators, Tunisian leader says

Melkite Archbishop Cyrille S. Bustros of Beirut and Jbeil, Lebanon, speaks at a conference on the Arab Spring at the headquarters of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Rome Feb. 29. "Christians don't want to be seen as a minority to be protected, but as ful l and equal citizens," Archbishop Bustros told the conference.

VATICAN CITY - Muslims and Christians throughout North Africa and the Middle East recognize that "building a democracy is more difficult than destroying a dictatorship," but they are committed to realizing their dream, said one of the leaders of change in Tunisia.

Rashid Ghannushi, known as the intellectual leader of Tunisia's Ennahda Movement, now the key party in the coalition governing Tunisia, was one of the speakers at a conference in Rome Feb. 29 on the Arab Spring movement.

Published in International