6 January 2021

His Excellency on the occasion of New Year to show the friendship of Catholic Church for the Venerable Patriarch Tep Vong (90 years old) is going through a difficult health condition.

It was a great opportunity to thank the Venerable Patriarch for his long action in favor of interreligious dialogue (having attended the Meeting in Assisi 1989 with Pope Saint John Paul II and many international meetings with San Egidio).

We are also grateful for our good relations in Cambodia through many interreligious gathering.The good relationships between our religions is the foundation of peace and harmony in our Cambodian society today.The Venerable Patriarch wishes all the Catholic faithful and their pastors to have good health, prosperity and inner peace.

Blessings

+ Olivier