” “"The truth does not offend anyone". With these words, mgr. Elio Brumuri, expert in ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue, comments in a note for SIR (old.agensir.it) – the reactions aroused in some Islamic countries by the Pope’s speech at Regensburg University. "The Catholic Church explains Bromuri has come to terms with the truth of its history and has not been afraid of asking forgiveness for the sins committed in the past by some of its members. Forty years after the Nostra Aetate and many opportunities for exchanging ideas and experience, the latest meeting in Assisi in early September, where the head of the Al-Hazar University of Cairo also spoke, one can reasonably think that there has been some adjustment in the dialogue that will allow Muslims and Christians to exchange ideas without hesitations or embarrassing silences, in full freedom and mutual respect. After all, the Pope ends all of his intricate lecture with an invitation to dialogue, in the light of the logos: Only this way do we become capable of a true dialogue of the cultures and religions a dialogue we so urgently need". This invitation, concludes Bromuri, "was the message the media should have given if they had been, as they should be, instruments of peace, respectful of the truth".” “
