"Cardinal Aveline: Identity, the core and physiognomy of what constitutes us, what we are, can only be built within a living relationship with otherness, with the other; a closed, impermeable identity is sterile. Interviewer: Is that why you are so committed to interreligious dialogue? Cardinal Aveline: No, the opposite happened. On this front, which was assigned to me by surprise by my bishop at the time, Mgr. Robert Coffy, I was able to verify the truth I had experienced in my life: through dialogue, familiarity, openness and sharing, we are able to make our identity flourish and encounter others more closely, and also to be missionaries, which does not mean proselytising. We need to de-centre ourselves in order to live the mission."
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From an interview of Tommaso Ricci, Jean-Marc Aveline. A scuola di alteritĂ , Communion and Liberation (in Italian; May 29, 2024)
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Jean-Marc Aveline
Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (born 1958) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Marseille in 2019 after serving as an auxiliary bishop there from 2013. On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made Aveline a cardinal.
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