VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – The Catholic Church needs to seek frank dialogue with Islam and must insist on reciprocity where rights of Christian and Muslim minorities are respected and protected, said a British cardinal.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminister, England, was interviewed March 27 by Vatican Radio here, during which he discussed the March 23 pre-consistory meeting of the pope and the world’s cardinals, reconciliation with Lefebvrite traditionalists, collegiality in the church, migrant works in London and dialogue with Islam.
He said that the situation of Muslim-Christian dialogue is “very complex,” but the church has to be clear not to allow religion to be used as an excuse for terrorism. ...more
John:
I concour but you never know. Given the latest controversy du jour with Abdul, I'm pretty sure that Christians and non-Christins will begin to demand recipriocity. Or face some sanctions like reactivation of visa requirements, stricter vetting of imams, prohibition of Saudi 'charity' money, etc
xavier