CARDINAL TAURAN IN JORDAN

Vatican City, 9 May 2014 (VIS) – Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, accompanied by the secretary of the same dicastery, Fr. Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, will travel to Amman, Jordan on 12 May to participate in a seminar on religion and violence at the Petra University of Amman, intended to promote interreligious dialogue. The Cardinal will speak during the section dedicated to religion. On 13 and 14 May the Holy See delegation will take part in the third conference organised by the Pontifical Council in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies, “Meeting Current Challenges Through Education”. The work will begin with discourses from His Royal Highness the Prince El Hassan Bin Talal and Cardinal Tauran, and will conclude with a joint declaration.