ucanews.com reporter, Beijing Hundreds of Catholic faithful in Beijing have prayed for religious harmony in a delayed celebration of the United Nations’ World Interfaith Harmony Week http://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/. Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing presided over a Sunday Mass at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral (South Church) on February 27 to mark the opening of this first annual UN event. He urged all faithful to pray continuously for the prosperity of the country, social harmony and national unity. All parishes were asked to hold prayer services for the special week, which ends March 5. Harmony week was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly in 2010. It is to be observed in the first week of February to spread the message of harmony and tolerance among all the world’s religions and beliefs. In his homily, Bishop Li encouraged the faithful to live up to the “Joint Declaration on Promoting Religious Harmony,” issued at a January symposium in Beijing by leaders of China’s ...
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