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麻生首相、バチカンでローマ法王と会談
日本の総理とローマ法王との会談は、１９９９年の小渕元総理と前の法王、ヨハネ・
パウロ２世以来、１０年ぶりのことです。麻生総理が、「１９５４年に、私の母方
の祖父である吉田茂総理が、歴代総理の中で初めて法王にお会いした」と述べたの
に対し、法王は、「カトリックの家系である麻生総理と会えてうれしい」と応じま
した。また、総理の外国訪問の際に恒例となっている記者団との内政に関する懇談
は、今回は見送られました。この懇談では、麻生総理が解散を予告するのではない
かという見方もあり注目されていましたが、解散先送りを求める与党内からは、強
い反発が出ていました。（07日23:16）
Obama and Pope to Meet on July 10
BY FRANCIS X.ROCCA ©2009 Religion News Service
Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to meet President Obama at the Vatican on
July 10, the pope's spokesman said on June 24, for what would be a rare
afternoon encounter arranged to accommodate Obama's travel schedule.
The Rev. Federico Lombardi, head of the Vatican press office, stopped
short of officially confirming the news of a meeting, which was first
reported by Catholic News Service, but told media outlets that the pope
was "willing" to meet the president on the "afternoon of July 10."
Obama will be in Italy July 8-10 to participate in a meeting of leaders
of the world's eight richest nations. The Group of Eight (G8) summit will
take place in the city of L'Aquila, 75 miles northeast of Rome, where an
April earthquake killed nearly 300 and left some 50,000 homeless.
Although the pope ordinarily receives heads of state or government only
in the mornings, Benedict will meet with Obama at 4 p.m. on the 10th,
according to the CNS report, so that the president can leave for Ghana
the same day.
The meeting is likely to take place shortly after the publication of a
long-awaited papal encyclical on the economy, which Benedict has recently
suggested will address the global financial crisis and the need for new
"economic-financial paradigms" to promote "solidarity" and "human dignity."
麻生もオバマも教皇に立て続けに会見しています。終末の何の準備もなくむなしく
安価な恵みで神の名をみだりに唱える生活はやめましょう。たとえ狂信者と呼ばれ
ても聖書の戒めと預言の霊の勧告に立ち返りましょう。それだけが終末の私たちの
命を救います。
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