Diplomats, Church officials, activists and aid organizers met at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome for a symposium on defending international religious freedom. <\/p>\n
In his address, Cardinal Pietro Parolin presented the Holy See's seven essential elements for the protection of religious minorities, among them overcoming indifference and promoting dialogue.<\/p>\n
CARD. PIETRO PAROLIN<\/strong> The event was organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See to share insights and reflections on religious persecution worldwide, especially in the Middle East. <\/p>\n A Yazidi genocide survivor told her tragic story of ISIS captivity, and a Rohingya activist shared testimony of the horrors he has witnessed during missions in Bangladesh and Myanmar. <\/p>\n This symposium serves as a preparatory meeting for an upcoming, U.S.-led gathering. The first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom is scheduled to take place on July 25-26 in Washington, D.C. The encounter will join government and religious leaders, activists and civil officials from around the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 26, 2018. The Vatican Secretary of State presented the Holy See's seven essential elements for protecting religious minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6j9rR1kC7Mk","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstreligiousfreedomsymposiumeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstreligiousfreedomsymposiumint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVatican Secretary of State
\n\u201cThis entails more than mere tolerance. It challenges us to reach out to others in mutual trust and understanding, and so, to build a unity that sees diversity not as a threat, but as a potential source of enrichment and growth.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n