Pontifical council issues message to Jains
March 31, 2015
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The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has issued a message to Jains on the occasion of the birthday of Vardhamana Mahavira, an important figure in the history of the Indian religion.
Reflecting on care of the elderly, the president and secretary of the pontifical council said that “the growing neglect of the elderly by the young and tendency to abdicate filial responsibility towards the parents and grandparents” call for “sense of gratitude, affection and responsibility towards our parents, grandparents and other elderly people.”
“May we Christians and Jains, as persons grounded in our own respective religious traditions and conscious of our shared responsibility towards the society, joining hands with others, promote a culture where the elderly are loved, respected and cared for,” added Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Father Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot.
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