Catholic-Muslim dialogue.Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. -- The Vatican II Noun 1. Vatican II - the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms Second Vatican Council Vatican Council - each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church document Nostra aetate Nostra Aetate is the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council. Passed by a vote of 2,221 to 88 of the assembled bishops, this declaration was promulgated on October 28, 1965, by Pope Paul VI. , published in 1965, makes specific reference to the Muslim religion (see section 3 of the document). In a meeting with Muslim officials in Cologne, Pope Benedict spoke bluntly about terrorism, which he called "cruel fanaticism Fanaticism See also Extremism. Adamites various sects preaching a return to life before the fall. [Christian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 8] assassins Moslem murder teams used hashish as stimulus (11th and 12th centuries). ." He urged older Muslims to educate the young generation in the ways of peace (Toronto Star, August 22, 2005). According to Fr. Daniel Madigan, the new Vatican consultator for relations with Muslims, Pope Benedict has no hesitation in speaking honestly about serious concerns. Benedict proposed that committed Christians, Jews, Muslims and persons of other faiths work diligently in dialogue to find common grounds of understanding. Fr. Madigan said that the Pope is more interested in dialoguing with people than with systems, in speaking about Muslims, rather than about Islam. |
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