Pope Benedict's Approach to Dialogue with Non-Christians

(10 April 08-RV) One of the highlights of Pope Benedict’s apostolic voyage to the United States will be his meeting with different non-Christian religious leaders on April 17^th at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Centre in Washington, DC. Among those present will be leaders of the Islamic religion. Professor David Forte, of Cleveland State University’s Law School, is a consulter for the Pontifical Council for the Family, and an expert on Islamic Law. He says Pope Benedict has changed the nature of the dialogue between Christians and Muslims, and it is a change for the better.