beginning About us News Activities Awards Collaborate Contact Father Angel receives an award from the Mare Terra Foundation 06/08/2015 Tweet The organization decided to present the award to Father Angel in recognition of cooperation and solidarity and for his incessant dedication to assisting and protecting the most vulnerable. "Thank you all. This distinction encourages us to continue working for others, as you have done for 21 years." Father Angel, president of Mensajeros de la Paz, thanked with these words last Friday at the Metropol Theater in Tarragona the Solidarity Prize awarded by the Mare Terra Foundation. In addition to Father Angel, among others, Diana Nammi, a Kurdish activist for women's rights, the military man Luis Gonzalo Segura, or the town of Juzbado and the Tormes Foundation were awarded. The award ceremony was given by Isidoro Macías, known as Father Patera. Father Angel pointed out that one of the books of the founder of the foundation that convened them, Ángel Juáez, is entitled "A better world is possible." "We from Messengers of La Paz have spent more than fifty years saying and proclaiming a similar phrase throughout the world: a better world is possible." "Desde nuestra Iglesia abierta 24 horas a todos (creyentes y no creyentes), nuestros comedores, nuestros bancos de alimentos, nuestros proyectos internacionales, ayuda a catástrofes, como la de Nepal donde hemos estado hace poco, pensamos que otro mundo mejor es posible y por eso, como vosotros desde esta maravillosa ciudad Patrimonio de la Humanidad, vamos a estar trabajando por ello". "También -añadió el presidente de Mensajeros- compartimos valores como los vuestros: coherencia, innovación, independencia, transparencia, solidaridad, entrega, compromiso y eficiencia. Todo por denunciar las cosas que están mal y hacer la vida menos difícil a los hombres, especialmente a los más desfavorecidos". He recalled that the second encyclical of Pope Francis, which is called Laudato Sii, on the environment, will be published on June 15 and hopes that "as has happened with other statements and actions of our Pope, it will mean a before and after for the Church. in this matter that you defend with so much fervor from Tarragona ". Messengers of Peace - Pza. Gral. Vara del Rey, 9 - 28005 · Madrid (Esp) - Tel. +34 913 643 940 - Fax +34 913 660 598 - info@mensajerosdelapaz.com