Meeting of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (P.C.I.D.)

(May 21, 2011) The Vatican Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (P.C.I.D.) and the Royal
Institute for Interfaith Studies (R.I.I.F.S.) (Amman, Jordan) held their second Colloquium in
Rome from 18 to 19 May, 2011. The meeting was presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Jean-
Louis TAURAN, President of the P.C.I.D., and by His Excellency Prof. Kamel ABU JABER, Director of the R.I.I.F.S. The theme of the Colloquium was “Human and religious values shared by Christians and Muslims for a common education.” The first sub-theme Human Educational Values was presented from a Christian perspective by Calogero CALTAGIRONE, professor of the Law Faculty of Rome’s LUMSA University, and from an Islamic perspective by Dr. Hanan IBRAHIM from Cairo. Dr Amer AL-HAFI, Professor of Comparative Religions and Chairperson of the Islamic Studies Dept., Al-Beyt University, Jordan, and Salesian Father. Cesare BISSOLI , professor emeritus of biblical studies and catechesis at the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome. presented the second sub-theme Religious Educational Values respectively from an Islamic and a Christian perspective. French Mission priest, Christophe ROUCOU Directorof the National Service for relations with Islam of the French Episcopal Conference, presented the third sub-theme For a Common Action in Education on Human and Religious Shared Values from a Christian perspective; Prof. Saoud EL-MAWLA, El-Mawla, assistant professor at the Lebanese University in Beirut, and now Professor at US Earlham Univesity, presented the same topic from an Islamic perspective.The two parties agreed to meet again within two years. A preparatory meeting will precede the colloquium.