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Acta Ioannis Pauli Pp. II 703<br />

I welcome the référence which you have made to recent events in<br />

Poland and your deep interest in the well-being of the Polish people.<br />

You also mention the vital need for an end to violence in Northern<br />

Ireland and the importance of safeguarding human rights in all the<br />

countries of the world. It is a sad fact of our time that basic personal<br />

rights are not every where respected and ensured. Social and cultural<br />

discrimination still exist in far too many forms, and many people<br />

lack true freedom of conscience and the right to practise their religion,<br />

even in their own homelands. We cannot remain silent in the face of<br />

such injustices. As long as basic human rights are denied in any land<br />

there can be no enduring international peace. For a fundamental<br />

human bond links the destiny of the peoples of every nation. Thus no<br />

country can fully en joy its own freedom, knowing that in other countries<br />

the dignity of the human person is being violated.<br />

I wish to assure you, Mr Ambassador, that you can count on the<br />

continued interest and assistance of the Holy See in the fulfilment of<br />

your mission, and I invoke God's blessings upon Her Majesty, her<br />

Government and all her people.<br />

IV<br />

Ad quosdam Galliae sacros praesules occasione oblata « ad Limina » visi­<br />

tationis coram admissos.*<br />

Chers Frères dans Vépiscopat,<br />

1. Après vous avoir écoutés l'un après l'autre dans un dialogue per­<br />

sonnel, je suis heureux de vous accueillir ensemble, en pensant aux<br />

lourdes responsabilités pastorales que vous portez chacun dans votre<br />

diocèse, ou au niveau de la région, ou au niveau national, dans les<br />

commissions et comités, ou même, pour Monseigneur Jean Vilnet, à<br />

la Présidence de la Conférence episcopale. Sachant votre courage qui<br />

n'épargne aucun effort, je vous souhaite un ministère à la fois fécond et<br />

serein, grâce à l'espérance qui nous vient du mystère pascal. Je prie<br />

le Seigneur à toutes vos intentions, et à l'intention des prêtres, reli­<br />

gieux et fidèles d'Alsace, de Lorraine et de Franche-Comté.<br />

Ce sont là des provinces françaises qui ont, de par leur histoire<br />

chargée de vicissitudes, une physionomie particulière, très attachante.<br />

* Die 1 m. Aprilis a. 1982.

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