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ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II Friday, 21 May 2004
Prime Minister, I am happy to welcome you to the Vatican and through you to
greet the people of your nation. New Zealanders have always cherished the
fundamental values of freedom, justice and peace. Indeed, in the face of
aggression or threat, they have generously sought to defend and promote such
rights in the Pacific and beyond. Today, in our world so troubled by the scourge of racial
divisions and conflict, I encourage you and your fellow citizens to foster
dialogue. In acknowledging the fundamental God-given dignity of every person,
dialogue leads to a recognition of diversity while opening the mind to the
mutual acceptance and genuine collaboration demanded by the human family’s basic
vocation to unity. Upon you and all the people of New Zealand, I cordially
invoke the abundant blessings of Almighty God. *Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, vol. XXVII, 1
p. 646. L'Osservatore Romano. Weekly Edition in English n.22 p.5.
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