Vatican to host interfaith meeting on end-of-life issues
- Dec 11, 2019
At nearly a month since his passing, the legacy of Jean Vanier is far from forgotten, but continues to live on in friends and colleagues who say the Canadian theologian not only impacted their lives personally, but he changed theology and the way the Church views the human person.
Gathered in a makeshift chapel around a simple pine casket, members of L’Arche communities and Faith and Light groups from around the world mourned the passing of Jean Vanier and celebrated his life, his wisdom, his holiness and humanity.
Jean Vanier “didn’t just work for the least of us, but also for those who, before being born, there is the possibility of condemning them to death,” Pope Francis said Tuesday.
Jean Vanier, who was 90, died from cancer Tuesday morning in a facility in Paris run by the L’Arche community that he founded in 1964.
Adyan is a foundation for interreligious studies and spiritual solidarity based in Lebanon. It gave Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, its Spiritual Solidarity Award.
Randall Wright, who made the film documentary ‘Summer in the Forest’ on the L’Arche communities founded by Canadian Jean Vanier, said Vanier’s world “makes sense to me.”