The talks focused on promoting peace and nonviolence in the world and fostering understanding across faiths.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/15
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The sixth Buddhist-Christian inter-religious dialogue, organized
The Pope and Abbot of Ling Jiou Monastery, Hsin-tao (Image Courtesy of Ling Jiou Monastery)
by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID) is taking place this week in New Taipei.
The colloquium event began on Monday Nov. 13 and will continue through Thursday Nov. 16. The theme of this year’s inter-religious dialogue is “Christians and Buddhists: Let’s walk together the way of Nonviolence.”
The PCID is an organization created by the Catholic church to promote dialogue and understanding between Catholics and people of other faiths.
The Secretary of the PCID, Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot presided over the opening of this year’s event. He noted that since the creation of the Dicastry under Pope Paul VI in 1964, that Catholics and Buddhists have been communicating formally for over 60 years. [FULL STORY]
