(M. Chiara Biagioni, SIR’s correspondent in Brussels / Malines) – "We have spent a lot of time trying to understand whether we could talk to each other. Now we have turned a new leaf. We no longer talk of talking. We talk about some key issues about man and society that we share, that confront us and that we have to respond to together". Mgr. Jean-Luc Brunin, bishop of Ajaccio, summarises like this the value of the European Islamo-Christian conference of Brussels that from 20th to 23rd October, on the initiative of Ccee and Kek (which gather all the Christian Churches of Europe), is gathering about fifty Christians and Muslims to discuss citizenship in Europe. Tomorrow, the Conference will end with a final statement. "In this conference explains mgr. Brunin , we are speaking of citizenship and how our being men of faith, Christians and Muslims, can colour and determine our being citizens of Europe". There are according to the bishop many issues on which Muslims and Christians can reflect together: "on the dignity of man and woman, the respect of life from the beginning through to its end, reflections on bioethics, social justice, migratory policies, education to diversity and plurality". (continued)
