Conference to tackle issues affecting contemporary world

March 20, 2012: To revive the dialogue between believers and non-believers on important issues which affect the contemporary world, a major conference is being organized under ‘court of the gentiles’ at Palermo, Italy, on March 29 and 30. The initiative is promoted by the Pontifical Council for Culture, revealed at a press conference at the Vatican press office on Tuesday. The two day meeting will focus on the theme of "culture of legality and multi-religious society."

The ‘Court of the Gentiles’ had already held meetings in Bologna, Paris, Bucharest, Florence, Rome and Tirana. The crucial challenge is to respond to the culture of dialogue and law, the press conference revealed.

During the meet there will be sessions of dialogues where Philosophers, religious, lawyers, historians and intellectuals, will discuss and deliberate on "the divine law and human justice," Religion and Human Rights, "Pluralism and universalism" and "Religion and public space."

Finally, an innovation on the web. On 30 March, from 20.30, you can watch the event on the square of the Cathedral in live streaming portal www.cortiledeigentili.com. Anyone willing to send questions or contributions to the participants can do so by subscribing to "Google +" of the Courtyard, which can be achieved through the form "follow us" positioned in the right part of the official site.