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Dialogue With Islam Seen as "Obligation"
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Code: ZE06032404
Date: 2006-03-24
Dialogue With Islam Seen as "Obligation"
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 24, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The conviction of the need for dialogue with Islam was one of the general impressions evident during Benedict XVI's meeting with cardinals.
"Dialogue with Islam is an obligation for the Church," said Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Sainthood Causes, when he came out of the Thursday meeting.
The topic was introduced at the meeting by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, to present "the position of the Catholic Church, and of the Holy See in particular, vis-à-vis Islam today," a Vatican communiqué revealed.
Cardinals addressed the argument successively, offering their observations.
In statements to the press later that day, Cardinal-designate Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux and president of the French episcopal conference, said: "We spoke of human rights in Muslim countries, of the situation of Christians in those countries and of disturbing aspects of Islam."
The prelate, who received his red hat today, said that some cardinals are certain "that it is possible to be close to Muslims in the defense of human values."
As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope) expressed his wish to bishops to understand how the Church could engage in dialogue with Islam.
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