Vatican City, May 18, 2005 / 22:00 pm
A seminar begins today in the Vatican, which will explore cultural and pastoral factors which link liturgical life more closely with social and political strides for peace.
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is organizing the two-day seminar in collaboration with St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum.
The Vatican noted that the aim of, "Peace and Liturgy: A Research Program," is to study more deeply the pastoral and cultural instruments and methods to make liturgical life more closely linked to the social and political commitment for peace.
Today’s event follows a one-day seminar held yesterday at pontifical council’s headquarters regarding the social doctrine of the Church as an indispensable basis for the formation and commitment of the lay Christian.