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Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Affairs
In the spirit of promoting the essence of the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, the Archdiocese of
Manila through the beloved Cardinal Tagle has been hosting the BREAKFAST/FELLOWSHIP WITH THE
CARDINAL since 2013. Friends in the Archdiocese of Manila, Rev. Fr. Carlos V. Reyes, and Rev. Fr. Richard
James M. Babao, minister and assistant minister respectively of the Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Affairs,
invited the members of the UniHarmony Partners Manila (UPM) to celebrate the occasion with the
Diplomatic Corps.
A great host, with his sense of humor and wit, Cardinal Tagle delivered his message of peace. Listeners
were touched by his joy of proclaiming the Gospel, his message of peace, and the “confluence of the
mystery of God’s love.”
His eminence articulated that God cannot be matched in hosting, and it is “our Christian belief that Jesus
who is the Son of God is also present during the agape- the Jesus we welcome in the hungry, the
prisoner, the immigrants, the sick.”
He reiterated the message of Pope Francis last January 1, 2020, that peace is a journey of hope:
dialogue, reconciliation, and ecological conversion.
The Cardinal challenged the UPM leaders and the Diplomatic Corps to keep the tradition alive. On the
other hand, the group wished him well as he assumes his new role as the Prefect of the Congregation for
the Evangelization of Peoples.
A new addition to the UPM family this year is the Russian Orthodox Church representative Hieromonk
Alexie Lapshin of the Parish of Our Lady of Iveron in Manila.