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Church in the WorldScola centre backs dialogue in CairoVatican City State (Holy See) Robert Mickens - 1 July 2006A VENICE-based research centre that promotes dialogue between religions, especially in the Mediterranean world, says its recent two-day conference in Cairo will help already warming relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews. More than 65 representatives of the three monotheistic faiths gathered in the Egyptian capital on 19 and 20 June to discuss fundamental rights in democratic societies. The Oasis International Studies and Research Centre - an institute founded in 2004 by Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Venice, and funded by Communion and Liberation, the ecclesiastical community of which Cardinal Scola is a member - sponsored the gathering. Participants included prominent church figures from the Vatican, Egypt, Algeria, Syria and Pakistan. Also on hand were representatives of the World Jewish Congress. A spokeswoman for Cardinal Scola, Marialaura Conte, told The Tablet that the gathering was not given high public visibility because of security concerns. However, a statement released this week said that the two days of discussions were frank and constructive. |
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