U.S. Embassy to Holy See: peace building conference
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is sponsoring a Rome conference Thursday May 31 entitled
“International Conflict and Inter-faith Cooperation: how religious beodies and governments
can cooperate to build peace.” The conference, moderated by U.S. Ambassador Miguel
Diaz, will host a panel of Christian, Muslim and Jewish speakers, including the Chief
Rabbi of Rome, Riccardo Di Segni; Archbishop Antonio Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro, the
Philippines; Imam Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini, the Vice President of Italy’s Islamic
community; and Chairman of the Ugandan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop John Baptist
Odama of Gulu. Vatican Radio spoke to Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor
of International Relations at the Catholic University of America who will also address
the conference. Prof. Cusimano Love is on the Core Group for the U.S. State Department’s
working group on Religion and Foreign Policy and serves on the U.S. Catholic Bishops’
International Justice and Peace Committee. Tracey McClure asks Professor Love
how Christians, Muslims and Jews can contribute to world peace and realistically,
how can they cooperate towards that goal? Listen: