Pope Lauded For Promoting Interreligious Dialogue

[ironmonk]

[b]Pope Lauded for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue[/b]

BARCELONA, Spain, JULY 11, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II is the religious leader who has given the greatest boost to interreligious dialogue, say experts of the Parliament of the Religions of the World.

At the Forum 2004 being held here, one session was entitled "Contributions of Pope John Paul II to the Interreligious Dialogue."

One participant in the session, Meter Huff, who heads religious studies at Centenary College of Louisiana, in the United States, said: "The Pope is the man of the millennium, as he has reinvented the papacy and reinvented himself."

A press statement issued by the forum's organization said: "The Pope was the first pontiff to visit a synagogue and a Lutheran church; he fomented for the first time in 1986 an interreligious meeting and has worked fervently for the rapprochement with Protestantism."

Ibrahim Ozdemir, professor of the history of philosophy at the University of Ankara, Turkey, said: "The Pope is today the voice of humanity's conscience and he will be remembered in the future at the same level as Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama."


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Ok... I think Ibrahim has been under a rock for the last 26 years. "the Pope at the same 'level' as Gandi"... The Pope is at his own level... Gandhi is at a lower one.


God Bless,
ironmonk

[Donna]

Why do you think he's being seen as on the same - not his own - level as Ghandi?

[ironmonk]

[quote name='Donna' date='Jul 11 2004, 11:59 PM'] Why do you think he's being seen as on the same - not his own - level as Ghandi? [/quote]
Ignorance.

And maybe because Turkey is a muslim country.

God Bless,
ironmonk

[Laudate_Dominum]

At least secular people recognize that the Pope rocks, even if they can't differentiate between the Pope and Ghandi.

[conservativecatholic]

What ticks me off is that the Nobel Peace Prize committee has had over 25 years to elect Pope John Paul II as its winner, yet the judging takes place in a predominantly Lutheran country, Norway. [b]Jimmy Carter [/b]for crying out loud has received the award-why hasn't the Supreme Pontiff?

Edited July 12, 2004 by conservativecatholic

[Laudate_Dominum]

Yeah!! Humph!

[StColette]

The Pope is known as a peaceful man throughout the entire world, so I don't think he needs the Noble Peace Prize to make that a true statement of his life. It would have been nice for him to get it but it does not make him any more of a peace loving person than he already is just because he has the Noble Peace Prize. He has been Man of the Year 3 times and his life's mission is known by all. what difference would the Noble Peace Prize have made ?

[conservativecatholic]

[quote name='StColette' date='Jul 12 2004, 03:54 PM'] The Pope is known as a peaceful man throughout the entire world, so I don't think he needs the Noble Peace Prize to make that a true statement of his life. It would have been nice for him to get it but it does not make him any more of a peace loving person than he already is just because he has the Noble Peace Prize. He has been Man of the Year 3 times and his life's mission is known by all. what difference would the Noble Peace Prize have made ? [/quote]
Of course Pope John Paul II is one of the most peaceful and influential leaders in modern history. Whoever doubted that? He does not need the prize to justify his good deeds; however, it is out of principle that he be given this award because he is truly the most peaceful leader in the world.