” “"The fruit and the factual development of the work" of the Meeting "will consists in what, as the Italian Church, we will be able to live and testify over the next few years, trying first of all to be meek to the Lord’s guidance" in order to translate the directions given by the Pope yesterday into "factual plans in the life and testimony of the Italian Church". These are the words of card. Camillo Ruini, in his closing speech at the meeting of Verona. "This meeting of Verona he explained must help our communities bear witness to Jesus Resurrected within a national and international, social and cultural context that is very quickly changing, while che Church is changing too". It is just the awareness of "such changes, of the problems they pose to the daily pastoral and the need to able to interpret them in the light of the Gospel" that is perhaps "the main reason why many expectations surround our Meeting". Then, the cardinal looked at the Europan and international scenarios, recalling the "religious, social and political reawakening of Islam", the development of great nations and civilisations, such as China and India, and the persisting state of serious poverty in many countries and geographical areas, such as Africa.” “
