Papal envoy calls for re-evangelization at 600th anniversary of Lithuanian cathedral
May 06, 2013
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Pope Francis named Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow as his special envoy to the six hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral basilica in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city. The anniversary was commemorated on May 5.
Cardinal Dziwisz paid tribute to the resistance shown by many Lithuanian Christians to the “totalitarian, anti-religious, and inhuman system” of Communism. Calling for re-evangelization, he added, “Back then Communism, today secularism.”
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Further information:
- Cardinal Dziwisz, Pope's special envoy to Kaunas (VIS)
- Kardinal Dziwisz in Litauen: „Damals Kommunismus, heute Säkularismus“ (Vatican Radio)
- Letter to Card. Stanis?aw Dziwisz, Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 600th anniversary of the Cathedral of Kaunas [Lithuania, 5 May 2013] (Holy See)
- Kaunas Cathedral Basilica (Wikipedia)
- Cathedral basilica web site
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