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Human Rights: Must Be Respected As an Expression of Justice

Mr President,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

As I begin my address to this Assembly, I would like first of all to express to you, Mr President, my sincere gratitude for your kind words. My thanks go also to the Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, for inviting me to visit the headquarters of this Organization and for the welcome that he has extended to me. I greet the Ambassadors and Diplomats from the Member States, and all those present. Through you, I greet the peoples who are represented here. They look to this institution to carry forward the founding inspiration to establish a "centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends" of peace and development (cf. Charter of the United Nations, article 1.2-1.4). As Pope John Paul II expressed it in 1995, the Organization should be "a moral centre where all the nations of the world feel at home and develop a shared awareness of being, as it were, a ‘family of nations'" (Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 50th Anniversary of its Foundation, New York, 5 October 1995, 14).

A Faithful Witness to the Gospel Is As Urgent As Ever

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

My heart abounds with gratitude to Almighty God -- "the Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all" (Eph 4:6) -- for this blessed opportunity to gather with you this evening in prayer. I thank Bishop Dennis Sullivan for his cordial welcome, and I warmly greet all those in attendance representing Christian communities throughout the United States. May the peace of our Lord and Savior be with you all!

Russian Orthodox leader calls council for June

Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow plans to convene all the bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church for a council in June, the KAI news agency reports.

The council-- to be held at the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, June 24- 29-- will focus primarily on Church unity. The Orthodox bishops will be asked to confirm an "act of canonical communion" bringing the Moscow patriarchate together with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Also on the agenda for the June meeting will be the canonization of new saints.

The canon law of the Russian Orthodox Church dictates that a council of bishops should be held at least once every 4 years. The last such council was in 2004.
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On Cyril and Methodius

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Today, I would like to speak about Sts. Cyril and Methodius, brothers of the same parents and in the faith, known as the apostles to the Slavic people. Cyril was born in Thessalonica, son of the imperial magistrate Leon, in 826-827. He was the youngest of seven children. As a child, he learned the Slavic language. At age 14, he was sent to Constantinople to be educated and was accompanied by the young emperor, Michael III. During those years, he was introduced into the various university disciplines, among others, dialectics, and had Photius as his teacher. After having rejected a brilliant matrimony, he decided to receive holy orders and became the librarian in the patriarchate. Shortly afterward, wanting to retreat from society, he hid himself in a monastery, but soon was discovered and entrusted with teaching sacred and profane sciences, a task that he fulfilled so well that he won the title of "philosopher."

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