Award
November 4, 2015
Awards to Cardinal Pell, the Greek Patriarch Laham and Archbishop Anastasios, as like every year, "The Sciacca Award" gives recognition to outstanding young and representatives of religion, institutions and culture.
In this edition of the Culture Award goes to Cardinal George Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy established by His Holiness Father Francis. A Church historian, after his studies at the Pontifical Urban University and specialization at the University of Oxford, the Australian cardinal has directed the Institute of Catholic Education and, as Rector, Seminary Corpus Christi College.
The Patriarch of the Greek Catholic Melkite Gregorios III Laham is the Sciacca Award 2015 "Faith and the Sacred Liturgy." Fine scholar, with his high ministry has been deeply engaged in the propagation of the Faith through the Liturgy, publishing, among other things, the book of the Divine Liturgy. In 1962 he founded "Unité dans la foi", the first Arabic magazine that is ecumenism. He oversaw social projects in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and in Syria. He founded the Center for Religious Studies and the East has worked with determination and courage in the defense of the Christians of Syria.
The Sciacca Award 2015 "Action Missionary Works and the Social Solidarity" is Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania and Archbishop of Tirana. Theologian and religious historian, author of many leading scientific publications translated into several languages, Anastasios devoted himself with extraordinary commitment to the missionary in Africa. He was responsible for the construction of 145 new churches and the restructuring of other 70. He has also great social works: schools, hospitals and vocational training centers, aiming to work not only care, but capable of educating people out of poverty through 'commitment to the initiative and to direct management by the various populations.
Numerous outstanding young, from all over the world, who will receive awards.
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