” “”Together, we have a past to share ad a future to ensure, by sharing, in our respective references to Abraham, the faith in the only God and our respect of man, made in His likeness”. This was stated by card. Paul Poupard, president of the Papal Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and the Papal Council for Culture, as he spoke today in Castel Gandolfo, at Benedict XVI’s meeting with the ambassadors of some Islam countries. “By taking up the fruitful legacy of your predecessor, John Paul II said the cardinal to the Pope , you invite us to open a new symbiosis of faith and reason in the trusting dialogue of religions and cultures that, despite their differences, are the witnesses of man’s specific opening to the greatest mystery, the mystery of God. We are glad he concluded to witness, in this meeting, that your message of love and peace has been understood, and we pray the merciful and compassionate God to help us put it into practice”.
