ASIA/THAILAND - “To listen to the Pope speaking is a gift and a privilege of which many in Thailand dream”, says Salesian missionary

Thursday, 17 January 2008

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Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - “On behalf of the clergy and the Thai people we express to the Holy Father our love and esteem and our spiritual support and solidarity, united with the people of God who will be present for the Angelus prayer on Sunday”, Italian Salesian missionary Fr. Giovanni Lissandrin, in southern Thailand, told Fides
The missionary added: “As a priest I shared the Pope's sense being unwanted for the cancelled visit to La Sapienza University. I was surprised and saddened that this comes from such a famous university which should be open to challenges of thought and debate. And all this in Italy, a traditionally Catholic country and in Rome the centre of Catholicism. Everyone knows that Benedict XVI is one of the best intellectuals in the world today and we all want to listen to him: He knows where and how the human heart beats. To listen to the Pope speaking is a gift and a privilege of which many in Thailand dream”. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 17/1/2008 righe 24 parole 253)