Vatican City, 12 March 2015 (VIS) –
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue today announced
that Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the dicastery, will
visit Cote d'Ivoire from 13 to 17 March 2015, accompanied by Fr.
Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, secretary and Msgr. Lucio Sembrano,
official.
The aim of the visit is primarily to
participate in the celebrations to commemorate the 110th anniversary
of the evangelisation of the Great North in the diocese of Korhogo.
The delegation of the Pontifical
Council for Interreligious Dialogue will meet with the academic
community of the Catholic University of Western Africa (UCAO) in
Abidjan Cocody.
In Yamoussoukro, Cardinal Tauran will
meet with members of the Episcopal Conference of Cote d'Ivoire and
will preside at Mass concelebrated in the Basilica of Our Lady of
Peace.
The visit will offer the opportunity to
promote and encourage interreligious dialogue in Cote d'Ivoire, in a
context of respect and friendship, in accordance with the teaching of
Pope Francis. With this objective, various meetings are scheduled
with leaders of other religious traditions, especially of Islam and
traditional African religions, first in Korhogo, and subsequently in
Yamoussoukro and Abidjan.
On 17 March, Cardinal Tauran will pay a
private visit to the president of the Republic, Alessane Ouattara.
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