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Pope: dialogue and objective morality are keys to peace in the world

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Pope lists two key ingredients for world peace at Istanbul Conference

Posted on November 09, 2005

Benedict XVI says that dialogue and an objective morality are the keys to transform the world into a place of peace. The Pope expressed this in a message on the occasion of the second International Conference on Peace and Tolerance, organized by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the New York-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation. The three-day congress in Istanbul, Turkey, ends tosday. In his message, the Holy Father pointed out the keys "of peace and tolerance," two themes "of vital importance." "Only through dialogue can there be hope that the world will become a place of peace and fraternity," he said in the message transmitted to the participants in the meeting by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. "It is the duty of every person of good will, and especially of every believer, to help build a peaceful society and to overcome the temptation towards aggressive and futile confrontation between different cultures and ethnic groups," Benedict XVI said.

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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 9:38 AM