International accords give us the recipe for religious liberty in this world and in all different states for living together in a pluralistic society. They help us to avoid tensions and conflicts between groups and peoples and, most importantly, give the individual his self-esteem and his fulfillment. Mr. Armor visited Germany about six months ago and met with many representatives of minor churches and government officials. Afterward, he issued a report that is now being discussed in Germany. It is so necessary to have meetings such as this one where we can have dialogue and speak about religious liberty in all countries so that we might fight against this trend against religious freedom.
Public officials tend to make decisions to please the media.
The media are against religions. Several years ago both the Protestants and Roman Catholics created a group of specialists in new religious movements to educate society about how dangerous these groups are. Recently, I read an internal report written by a Protestant pastor in which he said that this approach backfires against themselves against their own religion. We have to learn that we are all sitting in the same boat in so far as the trend is against religions. For instance, perhaps you remember that when we had the reunification of Germany, religions especially Protestants worked hard for reunification.