ANS News ROME, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008: The Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva, and the members of his Council, express their solidarity with those who have suffered and continue to suffer on account of the religious intolerance that has broken
out against the Christian community in some parts of the Indian State of Orissa. Associating himself with the initiatives that are being promoted in every part of the world, Fr Chavez with the Salesians expresses his disapproval of the violence committed, and hopes that in all those concerned, common sense and above all mutual respect will prevail. Freedom of thought, of religion and of expression are some of the fundamental human rights; universal rights, inviolable and inalienable. As he already noted in his commentary on the 2008 Strenna, Fr Pascual Chávez re-asserts the commitment of the Sons of Don Bosco to education “to human rights which is the best way to put into practice in different circumstances our commitment to prevention, to all-round human development, to the building of a world that is more equitable, more just, more healthy.” The IX successor of Don Bosco recalls that respect for and the safeguarding of human rights is the best way to foster a meeting and a dialogue between the different cultures and religions in the world.
out against the Christian community in some parts of the Indian State of Orissa. Associating himself with the initiatives that are being promoted in every part of the world, Fr Chavez with the Salesians expresses his disapproval of the violence committed, and hopes that in all those concerned, common sense and above all mutual respect will prevail. Freedom of thought, of religion and of expression are some of the fundamental human rights; universal rights, inviolable and inalienable. As he already noted in his commentary on the 2008 Strenna, Fr Pascual Chávez re-asserts the commitment of the Sons of Don Bosco to education “to human rights which is the best way to put into practice in different circumstances our commitment to prevention, to all-round human development, to the building of a world that is more equitable, more just, more healthy.” The IX successor of Don Bosco recalls that respect for and the safeguarding of human rights is the best way to foster a meeting and a dialogue between the different cultures and religions in the world.