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Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 31, a Congress on Saint Paul was organized by the Cultural Commission, in the Library of the Bishop's Residence in Santa Clara. After the welcoming address given by the Diocesan Vicar General Msgr. Arnaldo Fernandez Berroa, there were conferences: “The great biblical-theological themes of Saint Paul” (Fr. Juan Miguel Diaz Rodelas of the Theological School in Valencia, Spain); “Christian spirituality and Pauline thought” (Sr. Carmina Rossello, Sacred Heart Sister from Havana); “Peter and Paul, pillars of the Church” (Fr. Juan Diaz of the “San Carlos y San Ambrosio” Seminary in Havana).
After the conferences, there was a time for discussion among participants and speakers on several topics including the exclusion within communities, how to transmit the experiences from this Congress to the communities, how to relate to our brother Protestants, unity, and plurality.
The Congress finalized the presentation of a facsimile edition of the 1st Letter of Saint Peter and a special edition of Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans, by Fr. Wilfredo Leiter. The letter was drawn up upon the request of Pope Paul VI in 1968, on the 1900th anniversary of Saint Paul's death. A copy of this edition is preserved in the Library of the Bishop's Residence in Santa Clara, published in Latin and Italian. The facsimile copy of the First Letter of Saint Peter, whose papyrus manuscript in Greek is the most ancient document of the New Testament conserved in the Vatican (from the 3rd Century), was first published in 1950. The present edition is from 2003, with 980 numbers. The copy presented bears the Act of Authenticity. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 04/02/2009)
