Adelio Dell'Oro

“I believe that the obligation of each of us must be to offer our neighbor a perspective that is not political. Here in Karaganda there are people of 130 different nationalities: if each of us judged the other on the basis of our own nationality, there would be no peaceful coexistence. As Christians we need to understand what unites us: certainly not nationality, because we are different, but Jesus Christ who is among us unites us. Of course there are divisions and differences, but if we start from these, we will no longer be able to look each other in the eye.”

“The foundations of the future Catholic Church were laid with the active participation of the faithful: in fact, everyone took part in the construction of the temple, from the smallest to the oldest, including the disabled and the sick. Furthermore, when they returned to their historical homeland, hundreds of former local parishioners brought new life to the life of the Church in Germany, Poland and other countries. As in the first centuries, the sufferings and blood shed by these Catholics multiplied the number of Christians, giving life to this Church.”