The dates of November 4-6 have been set for dialogue between Catholic leaders and two dozen Muslim scholars and leaders to meet in Rome; Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Muslim delegates on the last day of the meetings. According to a Vatican news release, the theme of the seminar will be _Love of…
The number of Muslims has surpassed that of Roman Catholics for the first time, the Vatican said. While Catholics make up 17.4 percent of the world’s population, Muslims account for 19.2% – this according to the Vatican’s new statistics yearbook, based on figures from 2006. Monsignor Vittoro Formenti, who edited the yearbook, cites this due…
The first meetings were held earlier this week at the Vatican to prepare for the visit of representatives of the 138 Muslim scholars who have offered to conduct an inter-religious dialogue. The first meetings at the Vatican will take place in March at the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and will be presided over by…
Omar bin Laden, son of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden, has said that he wishes to meet with Pope Benedict XVI and visit the Vatican. Omar, who considers himself an ambassador for peace, has been quoted in recent interviews that a truce between the West and al-Qaeda is possible. On a program called ‘Nothing…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A landmark meeting between Catholic officials and Muslim scholars that aims to spur dialogue between Christianity and Islam is planned to take place in Rome this spring, a senior Vatican official said. The top Vatican official in charge of relations with Islam, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, said he expected an advanced group…
