"Dialogue of action, if it is to be truly effective, must be nourished by every other form of dialogue - dialogue of theological discourse, dialogue of religious experience, dialogue of life. Only then will religion touch deeply the lives of people, answer their deepest needs and thus fulfill its own true function."
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- H. Em. Card. Peter Seiichi SHIRAYANAGI, Archbishop of Tokyo (21 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
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Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi
Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (17 June 1928 – 30 December 2009) was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tokyo.
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