Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao's New Year Greetings for 2007
I am glad to send to the people of Goa my cordial greetings and best wishes
for a happy and prosperous New Year. In the year gone by, we had to face
situations of violence and injustice that robbed Goa of the peace and
wellbeing that everyone desires. Indeed, peace and wellbeing are yearnings
planted by God in the heart of every person, regardless of his or her
religious or cultural background. It is, therefore, becoming more and more
necessary to build peace together: peace that can find satisfactory
solutions to the problems of our day, founded on the dignity of the human
person and on an integral development of the society. May the Lord inspire
and help us all to be committed to tireless peace-making and to a strenuous
defence of the dignity of the human person and of his inalienable rights.
+ Filipe Neri Ferrão
Archbishop of Goa and Daman
Archbishop's House, Panjim, December 31, 2006.
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