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【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2012 年 9 月 13 日黎巴嫩El Houssoun訊】 ─ 9月14日，教宗本篤十六世展開黎巴嫩牧職之旅。黎巴嫩舉國對此旅程抱有極大期望，希望是次旅程有助於在充滿動亂與暴力的中東地區，建立和平。El Houssoun 團體的慈幼會士Vittorio Pozzo神父，於旅程展開前夕作出介紹。
黎巴嫩國內的基督徒，對是次教宗之旅抱有最大的期望，因為這是教宗宣佈將要發表「主教會議後宗座勸諭」，其中講及：「黎巴嫩是中東地區基督徒的範例。教宗選擇到訪當地，是因為當地有一定數目的基督徒，並從事社會不同崗位。…顯然他們都接受到邀請，更好地活出基督徒的召叫，更清晰表達他們的信仰，成為他們身邊的非基督徒、回教徒及鄰近各國更具意義的的記號。教宗亦懇求黎巴嫩人，尤其是基督徒，去欣賞本身的資源。基督徒需要在公眾、社會及國家層面，顯露他們的身份。」 慈幼會士的參與是多個層面的。「明天，教宗到訪的首天，在當地團體居住多年的慈幼會阿普勒榮休宗座代牧波圖拉索主教，將於赫瑞莎與教宗會面，親臨教宗簽署宗座勸諭的儀式。接著，教宗將於星期六傍晚，在卡布奇Maronite Patriarchate外的廣場聚會，與黎巴嫩青年聚會。我們同我們的基督徒青年約二十多名出席。最後，El Houssoun團體的弟兄，將於貝魯特與教宗一起舉行感恩聖祭，之後舉行教宗本篤十六世的中東『主教會議後宗座勸諭』的遞交儀式。」 The Pope a messenger of peace and of hope (ANS - Lebanon –El Houssoun, 13 Septmber 2012) – Tomorrow 14 September the Apostolic Journey of Benedict XVI to Lebanon begins. It is a journey which the whole of Lebanon is waiting for with great expectations and which it is hoped will contribute to building peace for the entire region of the Middle East, at present the theatre of turbulence and violence. Fr Vittorio Pozzo, a Salesian in the El Houssoun community describes the situation on the eve of the visit. “The Pope’s journey is a very important event,” the Salesian said in an interview with the Italian RAI broadcasting station. “The Pope is coming as a sign of peace, as a messenger of peace, and just today (yesterday ed.) in a newspaper there is a cartoon of the Pope arriving on a white dove with an olive branch in its beak. This is the symbol of his journey, even though no one expects miracles, neither as regards the Christian presence and even less as regards a solution to the problems of the Middle East. Nevertheless at this tense moment a word of comfort and of hope has its own very powerful symbolic significance and so the Christians and not only them but the whole of Lebanon is ready to welcome the Pope and make his journey a success. All the conflicts in the country will be silenced at least for a week.” Those with the greatest expectations for the Papal visit are the Christians in Lebanon, the main reason for the Apostolic Journey since it is to them that the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation that the Pope will present is addressed. “Lebanon is the paradigm for Christians in the Middle East. The Pope has chosen to go there where there is a notable Christian presence and where Christians play their part in all sectors of public life. (…) They will certainly be invited to live out better their Christian vocation and to be more visible signs of their faith, more significant as regards their fellow non-Christian citizens, the Muslims and also as regards neighbouring countries. The Pope will also appeal to the Lebanese especially Christians to appreciate the own resources. Their Christian identity needs to be reflected in public, social and national life.” Salesian participation will be on all levels. “Tomorrow the first day of the Papal visit the Salesian Bishop Armando Bortolaso, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo and for many years resident in our community will meet the Pope in Harissa, on the occasion of the signing of the Apostolic Exhortation by the Holy Father. Then with our boys we shall be present in the square on Saturday evening, at Bkerké, outside the Maronite Patriarchate where the Pope will meet the young people of Lebanon. We expect we shall have 20-25 young Christians. Finally, the following day the confreres of the El Houssoun community will celebrate Mass with the Pope in Beirut after which Benedict XVI will hand over the Post-synodal Exhortation Apostolic for the Middle East. |
他接受意大利廣播公司訪問時表示：「這次教宗之旅十分重要。教宗作為和平使者，他的到臨是和平的象徵，今天（編者按：昨天）的報紙，就已刊登了一則教宗乘著白鴿來臨的漫畫，白鴿口中含著橄欖枝。這就是他到訪之旅的標記，雖然人們對於這次旅程，已不期待神蹟會發生，也不著意基督徒的存在，更遑論解決中東問題。雖然如此，在這局勢緊張的時刻，一句安慰與希望的說話，已富有強烈的象徵意義，因此黎巴嫩舉國，不僅是基督徒，都已準備迎接教宗的來臨，並期望美滿的成果。國內一切衝突，至少在這一星期內暫告平息。」