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Colombia celebrated the 25th anniversary of the visit of John Paul II, with a forum to inaugurate the nation's president

VATICAN CITY, Thursday, January 27, 2011 (ZENIT.org ) .- The president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos installed on 3 March in Bogota the first Forum in honor of the new Blessed John Paul II and commemorating the 25 years of his visit to the country.

Colombia Embassy to the Holy See organized the first Forum which also involved former national president, Belisario Betancur, who 25 years ago, on July 1, received John Paul II in Bogotá.


The event, "John Paul II and its footprint in Colombia, 25 years later, will become an academic meeting in which representatives of six universities in Bogotá and social foundations to remember the Pope's footprint in Colombia in key areas such as the dignity of the human person, family, education, youth, justice and communication, among other topics.


Colombia's ambassador to the Holy See, César Mauricio Velásquez Ossa, explains that "the beatification of John Paul II and the conclusion of 25 years of his visit to Colombia has attracted the most admiration and affection. "

" A mail from the Embassy in Rome have come expressions of admiration and fond memories of many people - reveals the Colombian representative in Rome -. A young man says that the day when John Paul arrived in Colombia began to walk. A journalist recalled that during the Pope's visit, from 1 to 7 July, lower rates of violence in the country and to the guerrillas of the time decreed a truce for seven days. Others tell that through his visit back to Mass and confession. "

Velásquez Ossa recalls in a statement sent to ZENIT that" no no saint who has not served to others. Holiness is identity with Christ, an example of service. John Paul II struggled to imitate and therefore gave up the last minutes of life. It is an example of loyalty, strength and joy. Is a greatest of all social sciences. A trusty servant, who never stopped being an exemplary priest. "

" Those who want to torpedo or question the beatification of John Paul II not know the details of the story - add -. It was precisely to meet the Pope who's misbehaviors and ordered censored. Never said nothing against crime within and outside the Church, he, with Benedict XVI, who started the purification of conscience face the world. "

" One of the best things in life is to have a friend saint - ends -. I am a friend of John Paul II and significant contemporary saints have racked this life in the midst of our own crossroads, temptations and problems and in the midst of all this has achieved the goal. "