Dialogue "cannot be made up", it demands "skills and wisdom", it shies away from any "naïve attitude", and above all it does not exempt those who practice it from announcing their own faith. Lessons in ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. They were given this morning to the delegates for ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue by mgr. Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, as he spoke at the meeting of the Italian Bishops Conference, which is taking place in Rome until November 27th. As to ecumenical dialogue, mgr. Amato spoke of the dialogue of charity and truth. "The dialogue of charity he said is made of friendliness, mutual listening and esteem". "It smoothes the way for the dialogue of truth" and he added "I believe that visits, friendship, the exchange of gifts can scatter the thick fog of the historical and psychological biases" that dialogue between the Christian Churches seems to be suffering from nowadays. "The dialogue of truth instantly explained mgr. Amato cannot be made up, it requires skills, a spirit of understanding and concerns non-negotiable theological contents". "The two dialogues run on different but eventually converging trails and move at a different pace. The dialogue of charity is certainly faster, but the dialogue of truth runs more safely and does bear fruits, because it sheds light on the many things that unite us and explains what still divides us". (continued)” “
