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Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue
Towards the 1999 meeting

The Year of the Spirit (1998)

A dossier on the Holy Spirit in the other religions, particularly in Judaism, Islam and Hinduism has been prepared. The magazine Tertio Millennio has published articles on the Presence and action of the Holy Spirit in the world and in the other religions and on the Signs of hope at the end of the century, which provided concrete examples of inter-religious dialogue. Other contributions on these subjects are being prepared.

The Year of the Father (1999)

A dossier is being prepared including a number of issues:

- a comment on the roots of divine paternity in the Bible and in the Judaic tradition;

- reflection on the unity of the human family from the Islamic and Buddhist point of view;

- a comment on the conversion of the heart according to the different traditions (Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam);

- an article on the "golden rule", contemplated by the different religions, in the form of a reflection on the virtues of charity, linked to the year of the Father.

Inter-religious of 1999

The Holy Father indicated the vigil of the year 2000 as "a great occasion, also in light of the events of these past decades, for inter-religious dialogue" (TMA, 53), and expressed the hope that meetings of Jews, Christians and Moslems will be held in significant places (Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Mount Sinai), and "meetings with representatives of the great religions of the world in other cities" (ibid.).

The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue has been charged with organising an inter-religious meeting to be held in the Vatican in October 1999. The Commission contributed to elaborate the project, approved by the presidency Council of the Central Commission, and continues to offer suggestions regarding different aspects of the initiative.

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