Cardinal thanks Muslims who accepted clarification of Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg
discourse.
(20 Sept:2006): -The President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
thanked Muslims who have accepted Pope Benedict XVI's clarification of his address
at the University of Regensburg. Cardinal Paul Poupard's gratitude resonated in the
Campidoglio, Rome's town hall, during the evening ceremony on Tues Sept. 19 to launch
an interreligious journal entitled: “ Know One Another to Live Together.” Cardinal
Poupard said : - "In this very difficult moment, we cannot failto remember the invitation
to dialogue launched by the Pope, as a vital need on which our future depends. In
these headquarters, I thank all those who have received positively the final words
of the Pope in Sunday's Angelus and we reaffirm our mutual respect," he added. The
meeting ended with a handshake between the Cardinal and Sami Salem, the imam of Rome's
mosque, and Riccardo Di Segni, chief rabbi of Rome.