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Pope urges dialogue of civilizations
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Turkey trip to help West-Islam dialogue
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
A senior Vatican cardinal said yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI would use his trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey, scheduled for Nov. 28-30, to promote greater dialogue between Islam and the West.
“This is one of the main problems today, to come to a relationship with Islam that will not be a clash of civilizations but a dialogue between civilizations,” Cardinal Walter Kasper, head of the Council for Christian Unity, said in an interview with the Reuters news agency.
“Of course, nobody wants a clash of cultures. It would be disastrous for the whole world,” Kasper said, adding that he expected the pope to speak on relations with Islam at meetings with the Turkish government in Ankara before going to Istanbul.
Prior to becoming pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gave a controversial interview arguing that Europe's roots are Christian and that a Muslim country would not fit in.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Turkey trip to help West-Islam dialogue
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
A senior Vatican cardinal said yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI would use his trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey, scheduled for Nov. 28-30, to promote greater dialogue between Islam and the West.
“This is one of the main problems today, to come to a relationship with Islam that will not be a clash of civilizations but a dialogue between civilizations,” Cardinal Walter Kasper, head of the Council for Christian Unity, said in an interview with the Reuters news agency.
“Of course, nobody wants a clash of cultures. It would be disastrous for the whole world,” Kasper said, adding that he expected the pope to speak on relations with Islam at meetings with the Turkish government in Ankara before going to Istanbul.
Prior to becoming pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gave a controversial interview arguing that Europe's roots are Christian and that a Muslim country would not fit in.