In the name of totalitarian ideologies, millions of people were forced to act against their deepest convictions. Central and Eastern Europe has had unusually painful experiences in this respect. This price is unfortunately the deep wounds in the nation's moral fiber, open wounds which still need a long time to heal. Despite appearances, the rights of conscience must be defended today as well. In the name of tolerance, a powerful intolerance, perhaps an ever more powerful intolerance, is actually spreading in public life and in the mass media.
Believers are painfully aware of it.
These forms of recurring discrimination arouse great concern and should be a cause for much reflection. Today, as you struggle for a new form of life in society and in the State, do not forget that this life depends first of all on how man will be, on how his conscience will be. Come, Light of men's hearts. Christ's Cross is the sign of our salvation 4. It is the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.