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The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, previously named the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), is a dicastery of the Roman Curia, erected by Pope Paul VI on 19 May 1964 as the Secretariat for Non-Christians, and renamed by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988.
The World Council of Churches states: "Following the lead of the Roman Catholic Church, other churches and Christian religious organizations, such as the World Council of Churches, have increasingly opted to use the word interreligious rather than interfaith to describe their own bilateral and multilateral dialogue and engagement with other ...
Pages in category "Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A pontifical council was a mid-sized department or dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central organization responsible for assisting the Pope in the governance and oversight of the Catholic Church. Such a council had a cardinal or archbishop as its president and was restricted in its activities in comparison with the larger parts of the Curia.
It is distinct unit within the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the President of the council is also President of the commission. The Secretary of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims is Khaled Akasheh, [1] who became head of the Council's Office for Islam on 16 June 2003. [2]
An interreligious organization or interfaith organization is an organization that encourages dialogue and cooperation between the world's different religions.In 1893, the Parliament of the Worlds Religions held, in conjunction with the World Colombian Exposition, a conference held in Chicago that is believed to be the first interfaith gathering of notable significance.
He headed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue from 2002 to 2006. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019. Fitzgerald is one of the leading experts on Islam , Christian–Muslim relations and interreligious dialogue in the senior hierarchy of the Catholic Church.
Pages in category "Members of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .