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Pobierz (230.965 Kb IP/07/670 Bruksela, dnia 15 maja 2007 r. Spotkanie przewodniczących Parlamentu Europejskiego, Rady Europejskiej i Komisji Europejskiej z dostojnikami religijnymi na temat godności ludzkiej. Z inicjatywy przewodniczącego Komisji Europejskiej, José Manuela Barroso, dnia 15 maja 2007 r. w budynku Berlaymont odbyło się potkanie z dostojnikami trzech religii monoteistycznych. Zaproszenie do udziału w spotkaniu, w którym uczestniczyło 20 osobistości reprezentujących wspólnotę chrześcijańską, żydowską i muzułmańską w Europie, wystosował przewodniczący Barosso wspólnie z kanclerz Niemiec i obecną przewodniczącą Rady Europejskiej Angelą Merkel oraz przewodniczącym Parlamentu Europejskiego Hansem-Gertem Pötteringiem. Podobne spotkania, również z inicjatywy przewodniczącego Barroso, organizowano już w latach ubiegłych, należy jednak podkreślić, że po raz pierwszy spotkanie takie odbyło się pod egidą trzech instytucji: Komisji, Parlamentu Europejskiego oraz urzędującej Prezydencji Rady. Tematem dyskusji w tym roku była „Europa oparta na godności człowieka”. Przewodniczący Komisji José Manuel Barroso powiedział: „Ani bliskość geograficzna, ani wspólna historia nie wystarczą, by na trwałe scementować unię państw i ludów. To wartości uniwersalne, będące częścią naszego wspólnego dziedzictwa, które odgrywają decydującą rolę w procesie integracji państw członkowskich Unii Europejskiej oraz ich obywateli”. Kanclerz Niemiec Angela Merkel oświadczyła: „To właśnie my, Europejczycy, mamy obowiązek propagowania tolerancji i pomagania innym w jej okazywaniu. Trzeba nam było stuleci, aby się o tym przekonać. Dlatego jesteśmy głęboko przekonani, że nie można tolerować nietolerancji." Przewodniczący Parlamentu Europejskiego Hans-Gert Pöttering powiedział: „Tolerancja jest zasadniczą wartością Unii Europejskiej, podstawą dialogu kultur, współpracy i partnerstwa, jest wyrazem dążenia do osiągnięcia porozumienia kultur i religii. Wzajemny szacunek, opierający się na godności człowieka, jest jedną z naszych wspólnych europejskich wartości. Różne tradycje religijne w Europie mogą wnieść istotny wkład do debaty publicznej oraz przyczynić się do kształtowania Europejskiej Unii wartości. Dlatego potrzebujemy regularnego dialogu instytucji Unii Europejskiej z kościołami i wspólnotami religijnymi." Debata toczyła się wokół następujących zagadnień:, Jaką rolę odegrać mogą religie i wspólnoty religijne w Europie opartej na godności człowieka? W jaki sposób możemy promować nasze wspólne wartości poza granicami Europy? Czy dzięki wspólnym wartościom możemy prowadzić bardziej ożywiony dialog między kulturami i religiami? Czy potrzebne jest nam pojęcie tolerancji? Zdaniem przewodniczących instytucji wartości europejskie stanowią wspólną płaszczyznę porozumienia. Europejczyków łączą wartości takie jak demokracja, praworządność, tolerancja, sprawiedliwość, solidarność, wzajemny szacunek oraz godność człowieka. Dlatego ujęto je również w deklaracji berlińskiej. Religie i instytucje europejskie łączy dążenie, by za pośrednictwem tych wartości, osiągnąć ten sam cel: wspólne dobro. Uczestnicy spotkania uznali, że dialog ma dla obu stron walor wzbogacający i zobowiązali się do jego kontynuowania. W debacie uczestniczyli również wiceprzewodniczący Franco Frattini oraz komisarze Ján Figel’, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Vladimir Spidla i Leonard Orban. 2 ANNEX :LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ANGLICAN CHURCH The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr. Richard Chartres Bishop of London http://www.london.anglican.org Richard John Carew Chartres became the 132nd Bishop of London in November 1995 and was enthroned at St Paul’s on 26 January 1996. He was educated at Hertford Grammar School and studied history at Trinity College Cambridge. Before ordination he taught Ancient History at the International School in Seville. He was ordained in 1973 and served as a curate in St Andrew’s Bedford. In 1975 he was appointed Chaplain to Robert Runcie, then Bishop of St Albans, and from 1980-84 he served as the Archbishop’s Chaplain at Lambeth and Canterbury. He moved to St Stephen’s Rochester Row in the Diocese of London in 1984. During eight years in the parish he also served as Director of Ordinands for the Central Area and as Gresham Professor of Divinity. He was consecrated Bishop of Stepney in 1992. After his move to the see of London, he was appointed Dean of HM Chapels Royal in 1996 and a Privy Counsellor. This accounts for the curious fact that the Bishop of London is the only bishop who bears the title ‘Right Honourable’ in addition to the usual ‘Right Reverend’. He is an ex officio member of the House of Lords. He is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple, Chairman of the Ecumenical “London Church Leaders”, a director of Coexist Foundation - a charity promoting interfaith understanding - and is associated with numerous other London organisations. He is also Chairman of the Church Buildings Division of the Church of England and deputises for the Archbishop of Canterbury as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners. He is also responsible on behalf of the Archbishop for relations with the Orthodox Churches. He founded St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace and is currently the Chairman of the Trustees. His publications include “The History of Gresham College 1597-1997” (with David Vermont) and “Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life” [2005] and many articles and essays especially on religion and the environment. He is married to Caroline, a freelance writer, and they have four children – Alexander, Sophie, Louis and Clio. 3 CHURCHES OF THE REFORMATION UNITED Hochwürdigsten Herrn Bischof Prof. Wolfgang Huber Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland http://www.ekd.de Wolfgang Huber was born in Straßburg on August 12, 1942. His father Ernst Rudolf Huber was a specialist in jurisprudence, and his mother Dr. Tula Huber-Simons was a lawyer. His grandfather Dr. Walter Simons served as secretary of state in the years 1920/ 1921 in the Weimar Republic. Later he was president of the Supreme Court of Justice. Wolfgang Huber grew up in the Black Forest and in Freiburg. He was the youngest of five brothers. He has been married to Kara Huber-Kaldrack since 1966. They have three children (Ansgar, Jesco and Valeska). Huber studied theology in Heidelberg, Göttingen and Tübingen completing his studies with a doctor of theology in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he held positions as intern and interim pastor (in Württemberg). From 1968 to 1980 Wolfgang Huber worked in the research department of the Evangelical Study Commission in Heidelberg. He also was deputy director. During this time (1972) he qualified as university lecturer for systematic theology in Heidelberg. From 1980 – 1984 he was professor of social ethics at the University of Marburg, and from 1984 to 1994 he was professor of systematic theology with the emphasis on ethics at the University of Heidelberg. From 1973 to 1993 he was a member of the Advisory Commission of the EKD for Social Responsibility, and from 1979 up to 1993 he was a member of the Board of the German Protestant Church Assembly (Kirchentag), and from 1983 to 1985 he was president of the German Protestant Church Assembly. In 1989 Wolfgang Huber spent some time as Lilly Visiting Professor at the Emory University in Atlanta/USA. Since May 1, 1994 Wolfgang Huber has been Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg, and since 1995 he has been adjunct professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin and at the University of Heidelberg. Since 1997 he has been a member of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, and from 1998 up to now he has been a member of the Central Committee and the Executive Committee of the Ecumenical Council of Churches. He also was a member (from 2001 up to 2003) of the National Council on Ethics. Since November 2003 Wolfgang Huber has been the chief of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Wolfgang Huber’s special interest is the life-work of the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. There is a circle of editors who publish Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s works. Wolfgang Huber is their spokesman. He also is the editor of several magazines and book series 4 The Most Reverend Andres Põder Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church www.eelk.ee Andres Põder was born on November 22nd, 1949 in Haapsalu, West-Estonia. He studied at the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC). - 1976–2005 he served several congregations of the EELC. - 1990–2005 he was also Dean of the Pärnu Deanery and member of the Consistory of the EELC (assessor). During his activity as Assessor of the Consistory, Andres Põder was responsible for different fields of church life: children and youth work, diaconia and mission, culture and education. On November 24th, 2004 the XXVI General Synod of the EELC elected Andres Põder as Archbishop of the EELC. The consecration service took place on February 2nd, 2005. - 1999–2005 Andres Põder was member and Vice-Chairman of the Pärnu City Council as well as Chairman of the Council’s Education Commission. - 1996–2004 he was also active as lecturer at the Institute of Theology of the EELC. Andres Põder was founder member of the Estonian Christian Democratic League and delegate of the Congress of Estonia. He is member of the Order of Saint Constantine the Great. 5 Herrn Bischof D. Dr. Christoph Klein Evangelische Kirche A. B. in Rumänien Born on November 20,1937 in Sibiu/Hermannstadt as the son of Dr. Gustav Adolf Klein, General Director of the bank: Hermannstädter allgemeinen Sparkassa,
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