Vatican City, 15 May 2014 (VIS) – The
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue celebrates the
fiftieth anniversary of its foundation on Monday 19 May. The
dicastery was instituted with the name “Secretariat for
non-Christians” on 19 May 1964 by Pope Paul VI, with the Apostolic
Letter “Progrediente Concilio”, with the aim of paying attention
to those who were without the Christian religion and to whom the
words of the Lord would seem to refer: “And I have other sheep that
are not of this fold. I must bring them also”.
The Pontifical Council will hold a
conference in the afternoon on the theme “50 years of service in
interreligious dialogue”; the speakers will be Cardinal Jean-Louis
Tauran, president of the dicastery, Fr. Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot,
M.C.C.J., secretary, and Fr. Damian Howard, S.J., of Heythrop
College, London. The document “Dialogue in Truth and Charity:
Pastoral Orientations for Interreligious Dialogue”, which will be
published and distributed to those present, offers guidelines for
pastors and faithful, based on the concrete indications and
experiences of the local churches, to continue along the path of
interreligious dialogue.
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