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Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims

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The Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims is a commission in the Roman Curia tasked with maintaining positive theological ties with Muslims and Islam. It works within the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

On 11 March 2006, Pope Benedict XVI altered the status of that Pontifical Council and this Commission by combining the Council's presidency with that of the Pontifical Council for Culture, then led by Cardinal Paul Poupard, who shared Benedict’s skeptical view of interreligious discussions.[1] This organizational change reflected Benedict's view of the nature of dialogue with non-Christians, which he thought could not be theological and needed to focus on shared values, questions not of doctrine but culture.[2] In the tense atmosphere of Catholic-Muslim relations at the time, just months after Benedict’s Regensburg address was met with outraged reactions in the Muslim community,[3] Benedict's organizational move was seen as "downgrading" the significance of Catholic-Muslim relations.[4] After some criticism, Benedict restored the independence of the Pontifical Council and this Commission distinct from the Council for Culture when he separated the presidencies and named Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on 25 June 2007, effective 1 September 2007.[5][a]

Leadership

Notes

  1. ^ The Vatican, atypically, announced the restoration of the independence of the Council on Interreligious Dialogue a month in advance of the official change, through a statement by the Secretary of Staye Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in late May 2007.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.03.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 March 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2019. Il Papa, al fine di favorire un dialogo più intenso fra gli uomini di cultura e gli esponenti delle varie religioni, ha unito per ora la presidenza del Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso a quella del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura...
  2. ^ Kramer, Jane (26 March 2007). "The Pope and Islam". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ^ de Souza, Raymond J. (8 February 2019). "On Islam, Francis Follows in Benedict's Footsteps". Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ Allen Jr., John L. (30 May 2007). "Council for Interreligious Dialogue to be restored, Vatican says". National Catholic Reporter.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.06.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. ^ Pullella, Philip (28 May 2007). "Pope in about-face over Muslim dialogue office". Reuters. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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