The international Catholic agency, specialist in news about Asian countries, met with Maria Voce during her stop in Japan
Tokyo – January 17, 2010
At the conclusion of the visit of Maria Voce and Giancarlo Faletti to Japan, inspired from the fruitful, decades long, dialogue with Buddhism (meeting with 3,000 Buddhists of the lay Movement Rissho Kosei-Kai), the President of the Focolare granted an exclusive interview to the international agency, AsiaNews.
The relationship between Korea and Japan, ecclesiatical life, the tragedy of the division between North and South Korea, were some of the topics touched upon. But at the heart of the interview was the focus on interreligious and intercultural dialogue: “I believe,” Maria Voce affirmed, “that the encounter between Chiara Lubich and Nikkyo Niwano follows a divine plan related to the dialogue with Buddhism. I want, above all, to emphasize that we experience this flourishing dialogue as an expression of the dialogue of the Church with non-Christian religions. We engage in it as instruments of the Church. The relationship with Rissho Kosei-Kai promotes it.
Read the full interview at AsiaNews
Ho letto queste notizie del tour in Asia con grande piacere. E’ come un “incontro’ con persone di un’altra cultura, e di un’altra storia ed e’ bello scoprirne le ricchezze ed i valori, Molto belli i vari articoli di aggiornamento ed ho molto apprezzato le interviste che Maria Voce ha rilasciato ad Asia News/
Auguri a lei ed al suo team per le prossime tappe . Grazie per questa idea brillante di questo diario.
Vasco, Malta
Grazie delle belle notizie che possiamo seguire attraverso questo diario ON-LINE. Se vede veramente i frutti di quanto Chiara ha seminato in questi anni verso queso dialogo.
Rosangela – Brasile