Commission for Inter-Religious Relations for the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
(formerly Commission for Interfaith and Christian Relations,Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle)
Chair: Mia Fox
Contact Person : Veronica Whitty Tel 0191 209 3323
NEWS:
1. Report of Visit to Yemeni Mosque(June 4th 2008)
2. Speech by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
Vatican cardinal discusses the risks and opportunities presented by interreligious dialogue at London theological college
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council of Interreligious Dialogue, gave a speech on 27 May at Heythrop College entitled ‘Interreligious dialogue – a risk or an opportunity?’
“It is always in the interest of leaders of societies to encourage interreligious dialogue and to draw on the spiritual and moral heritage of religions for a number of values likely to contribute to mental harmony, to encounters between cultures and to the consolidation of the common good.”
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
Read Full Text of speech by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran (pdf 100k opens in new window)
Archives
Feast of Vesakh (April 29th 2008)
Visit to the Buddhist Monastery:(September 29th 2007).

Interfaith Dialogue: A Catholic View
A good book on the issues of our times.
There are three sections:
- Dialogue in general
- Christian-Muslim Relations
- Wider Horizons
Read Review of Interfaith Dialogue:A Catholic View
Published by SPCK
ISBN 0-281-05383-9
£14.99
Cover Photograph: Osservatore Romano
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