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J\u00e1n Fige\u013e, special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion outside the EU from 2016 to 2019, meets Pope Francis in 2018.\/ Vatican Media\/J\u00e1n Fige\u013e personal archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bratislava, Slovakia, Sep 10, 2021 \/ 04:15 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the eve of Pope Francis\u2019 visit to Slovakia, the country appointed Anna Z\u00e1borsk\u00e1, a former member of the European Parliament, as its plenipotentiary for religious freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision was approved after Christos Stylianides, the European Union\u2019s religious freedom envoy, stood down<\/a> just five months after taking up the role to lead Greece\u2019s new climate crisis ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first person to hold the post of special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU (also known as the EU Special Envoy on FoRB) was the Slovakian politician J\u00e1n Figel\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told CNA that his appointment to the role in 2016 inspired other countries to take the promotion of religious freedom abroad more seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cMy unprecedented, pioneering EU role on FoRB inspired since 2016 several countries to nominate their special envoys or ambassadors: Hungary, the UK, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and now finally Slovakia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the EU position on freedom of religion and belief is again vacant. For the current Commission [the European Commission, the EU\u2019s executive branch], it does not seem to be a priority, regrettably.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figel\u2019, 61, has extensive political experience. He was the EU commissioner for education and culture, and the deputy prime minister of Slovakia, a central European nation with a population of 5.5 million bordered by Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria, and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the EU Special Envoy on FoRB, Figel’ played a critical role in helping Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman unjustly sentenced to death for blasphemy, to leave Pakistan<\/a> after her acquittal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, he oversaw the creation of the Punta del Este Declaration on Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere<\/a>, which now has hundreds of signatories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At his suggestion, St. John Paul II was nominated as an honorary citizen of the Slovakian cities of Pre\u0161ov and Bratislava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about his experience as the EU\u2019s special envoy, Figel\u2019 focused on the role of the Church in Slovakia during communism as well as his own personal experience. The Church, he said, was one of the major opponents of the communist regime. \u201cThe state power severely persecuted it … All religious communities have been dismissed, many bishops imprisoned. The Greek Catholic Church was liquidated as a whole,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figel\u2019 said that his own uncle disappeared in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that the chain of events that led to the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia began in Bratislava, the present-day capital of Slovakia, on March 25, 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that day, a large crowd assembled for what later became known as the \u201ccandle demonstration,\u201d led by Catholic groups. It was the first mass demonstration in defiance of the communist regime since 1969.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrutal police force was used against 10,000 protesters praying the rosary and singing state and papal anthems,\u201d Figel\u2019 said. \u201cYet in November 1989, one and a half years later, half a million citizens prayed the Pater Noster<\/a> in Prague.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe movement towards freedom was unstoppable. It was an annus mirabilis [miraculous year] \u2013 a dramatic but peaceful, spiritual revolution, encouraged by the Polish Pope John Paul II.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nation was united in the quest for religious freedom and civil liberties and was successful. This is a historical lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J\u00e1n Fige\u013e talks to Cardinal Parolin at a 2018 meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network in Frascati, Italy. J\u00e1n Fige\u013e personal archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about the pope\u2019s Sept. 12-15 trip to Slovakia<\/a>, Figel\u2019 said he hoped that \u201cPope Francis will awaken this memory and legacy of Slovakia and the whole of Central Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He observed that on the very day of the pope\u2019s arrival in Slovakia, \u201ca great Pole will be beatified<\/a>: the late Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pope will travel to Slovakia after a brief visit to Hungary to celebrate the closing Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Eucharistic Congress in Budapest should remind us that faith in Jesus is a reason for persecution and even martyrdom in many countries,\u201d Figel\u2019 commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, the establishment in Slovakia of an office for the promotion of international religious freedom is \u201ca great achievement,\u201d Figel\u2019 said, considering that \u201calready three Visegr\u00e1d neighbors [Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic] have active governmental structures and policies in this respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figel\u2019 suggested that there were \u201cmultiple ways\u201d to help foster awareness of religious freedom, including \u201cprayer, humanitarian aid to the persecuted, constructive official development policies, cooperation with churches and pro-religious freedom NGOs like the Caritas, Aid to the Church in Need, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Open Doors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs EU envoy,\u201d he said, \u201cI was working with them. They provide excellent work for the needy and the persecuted. It is a pity that there is no EU envoy for religious freedom and belief anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting on the situation in his homeland, Figel\u2019 said: \u201cChristianity is a religion of love and dignity. Slovakia has deep Christian roots and culture. The spiritual heritage of the two co-patrons of Europe, St. Cyril and St. Methodius, is quoted in the preamble of our state constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cSlovakia is the bridge, the connection, between the two lungs of Europe and the Church: the Western and Eastern ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore, with its history, culture, and relations, Slovakia can strongly contribute to bringing more unity to Christian churches and communities in general, Catholics and Orthodox in particular. But, unfortunately, the current pandemic has brought a lot of death, fear, and polarization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figel\u2019 argued that the coronavirus crisis had revealed the 21st-century world\u2019s vulnerabilities, despite its technological prowess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe fought for independence. Now we see how interdependent people and nations are. Europe and the West have growing problems. It is time for moral renewal and the culture of human dignity for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope that the 21st century will be a more humane era, not \u2018business as usual.\u2019 We all have a role in making this vision a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He concluded: \u201cWe must close the past century of genocides, from Armenia to Iraq. Evil was powerful in that century because it had many cheap and efficient allies, namely indifference, ignorance, and fear. The three are siblings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like that the pope promotes different, constructive siblings: civic engagement, education, and courage. And he leads by example. I believe his messages in Slovakia will be not only local and national, but international and universal as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/248939\/slovakian-politician-jan-figel-its-a-pity-there-is-no-eu-religious-freedom-envoy-anymore\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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