Benedict XVI: the key issues of dialogue and ecumenism

Pope's Address to Recipients of the Ratzinger Prize

 
Venerable Brothers,

illustrious Ladies and Gentlemen,

dear brothers and sisters!
I am happy to offer my greeting to all of you who have come for this ceremony. I thank Cardinal Ruini for his remarks along with Monsignor Scotti who introduced this gathering. I warmly congratulate Prof. Daley and Prof. Brague, who by their personalities illustrate this initiative in its second edition. And here I mean "personality" in the full sense: the character of the research and the whole scientific endeavor; the precious service of teaching, which both have undertaken for many years; but also their being, naturally in in different ways - one a Jesuit, the other a married layman - working in the Church, active in offering their qualified contribution to the Church's presence in today's world.

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