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Mitteilung des Dikasterium für den Interreligiösen Dialog zu Guru Nanak Prakash Diwas (8. November 2022)
Dear
Sikh
Friends,
The
Dicastery
for
Inter-Religious
Dialogue,
until
recently
known
as
the
Pontifical
Council
for
Interreligious
Dialogue,
offers
festal
greetings
and
wishes
to
all
of
you,
as
you
celebrate
the
Birth
Anniversary
of
Sri
Guru
Nanak
Dev
Ji
on
8
November
this
year.
May
your
celebrations
strengthen
the
bonds
of
love
and
unity
in
your
families
and
communities,
and
fill
you
with
joy
and
peace!
While
we
move
on
with
hope
as
global
community
desiring
a
complete
relief
from
coronavirus
related
concerns,
occurrence
of
aggressions,
tensions
and
violence
in
different
parts
of
the
world,
almost
on
a
daily
basis,
and
the
widespread
poverty
and
inequality,
exclusion
and
marginalization
in
society
continue
to
threaten
the
prospect
of
a
happy,
harmonious
and
peaceful
living
together
of
people.
Besides,
a
rapid
growth
among
the
masses
of
those
inured
and
indifferent
to
the
needs
and
sufferings
of
fellow
beings
proves
to
be
a
stumbling
block
in
finding
solutions
to
problems
affecting
humanity.
In
this
context,
we
wish
to
share
with
you
some
thoughts
on
how
we,
believers,
in
particular,
both
the
Sikhs
and
Christians,
can
promote
interreligious
solidarity
for
the
good
of
all
of
us.
'Solidarity'
stems
from
mutual
dependency
of
all
human
beings
and
therefore
entails
mutual
responsibility
for
one
another.
It
manifests
that
we
are
'all
brothers'
in
concrete
ways:
reaching
out
to
brothers
and
sisters
in
need,
offering
succour
and
care,
joining
hands
for
a
cause,
etc.
It
profoundly
displays
"a
firm
and
persevering
determination
to
commit
oneself
to
the
common
good;
that
is
to
say
to
the
good
of
all
and
of
each
individual"
(Saint
John
Paul
II,
Encyclical
Letter
Sollicitudo
Rei
Socialis,
1987,
no.38).
Promotion
of
solidarity
thus
involves
seeking
the
good
of
all,
respecting
the
dignity
and
identity
of
all,
irrespective
of
legitimate
differences,
and
taking
moral
responsibility
for
the
well-being
of
all.
Moreover,
solidarity
as
sharing
of
material,
spiritual,
natural
and
human
resources
with
others
often
entails
sacrifices
that
showcase
the
best
of
our
humanness,
goodness
and
religiousness.
It
is
heartening
to
note
that
there
is
a
growing
awareness
among
people
about
the
need
for
solidarity
so
as
to
support
one
another
and
to
collectively
take
on
issues
facing
them
in
society.
The
kind
of
human
solidarity
including
interreligious
solidarity
witnessed
on
the
ground
in
recent
times,
be
it
during
disasters
and
emergencies
or
on
matters
quite
critical
for
the
welfare
of
society,
commendably
testifies
it.
Solidarity
in
general
and
its
particular
expressions
need
to
be
carefully
sustained
at
the
local,
national
and
international
levels,
making
it
a
movement
and
culture
that
favours
and
protects
the
common
good.
Interreligious
solidarity,
in
particular,
needs
a
nurturing
and
strengthening
with
a
spirit
that
"seeks
to
build
up
rather
than
to
destroy,
to
unite
rather
than
to
divide"
(Saint
John
Paul
II,
Message
for
the
World
Day
of
Peace,
1987).
Promotion
of
interreligious
solidarity
for
the
common
good
must
earnestly
begin
from
families
-
the
first
and
fundamental
schools
of
social
living
-
where
members,
led
by
the
example
of
grandparents,
parents
and
elders,
learn
values
that
build
solidarity
for
the
good
of
all
in
the
family,
despite
conceivable
differences
among
them.
Besides,
education
and
formation
are
key
areas
whereby
students
can
be
taught
to
imbibe
the
spirit
of
solidarity
and
of
'unity
in
diversity',
by
inspiring
and
encouraging
them,
to
do
gestures
and
acts
of
solidarity,
in
creative
ways,
in
the
neighbourhoods
and
in
the
wider
society.
Since
the
common
minimum
invitation
that
religions
send
out
to
their
adherents
is
to
be
good
persons
and
to
work
for
the
good
of
all
persons,
interreligious
solidarity
can
be
promoted
by
religions
and
religious
leaders
with
great
ease
and
effort.
Interreligious
solidarity
is
a
matter
of
utmost
importance
and
holds
the
key
to
ensuring
the
common
good
for
all
times,
present
and
ahead.
As
believers
grounded
in
our
own
respective
religious
beliefs
and
convictions
and
as
persons
with
shared
values
and
concerns
about
the
good
of
the
society,
may
we,
Christians
and
Sikhs,
joining
hands
with
people
of
other
religious
traditions
and
of
good
will,
do
all
that
we
can
individually
and
collectively,
with
a
sense
of
responsibility
for
one
another
and
for
creation,
to
promote
a
culture
of
interreligious
solidarity,
a
culture
which
according
to
Pope
Francis
sees
others
"not
as
rivals
or
statistics,
but
as
brothers
and
sisters"
(Address
to
the
community
of
Varginha
(Manguinhos),
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil,
25
July
2013)!
Wish
you
all
a
Happy
Guru
Nanak
Prakash
Diwas!
Miguel
Ángel
Cardinal
Ayuso
Guixot,
MCCJ
Prefect
Rev.
Msgr.
Indunil
Kodithuwakku
Janakaratne
Kankanamalage
Secretary