Vatican-supported interreligious forum opens in Vienna
(Vatican Radio) The first-ever Global Forum of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International
Centre for Interreligious and intercultural Dialogue opens Monday morning in Vienna,
Austria. Known by its acronym, KAICIID, the centre is an international organization
recognized by the UN, of which the Holy See is a Founding Observer. The 2013 Global
Forum is dedicated to the first of a three-part programme on The Image of the Other,
specifically, intercultural and interreligious education. The KAICIID Forum is
bringing together 450 participants from various areas of expertise and practice, from
religious leaders to educators to policy-makers over two days, to exchange best practices
and expand the search for ways to educate people so they might better understand one
another and more accurately and fairly teach about people who practice religions and
inhabit cultures different from their own. Curriculum development and training
for civic and interreligious education, the art of dialogue, and youth initiatives
are just some of the topics being discussed. The President of the Pontifical Council
for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, is slated to be among the
speakers at Monday morning’s general assembly. Listen to the report by Chris
Altieri: