Vienna, Austria, Nov 26, 2012 / 16:55 pm
The Holy See is a founding observer of a new international organization for religious dialogue, which opened Nov. 26 in Vienna, Austria.
"The Centre that will be inaugurated on Monday in Vienna is a new institution, the purpose of which is to foster dialogue among religions and cultures," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Nov. 23.
"This goal is always to be looked on with favour – with a view to understanding and peaceful co-existence among peoples: a basic and an urgent need for the humanity of today and tomorrow."
The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue is a joint initiative of Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Austria. The Saudi king, for whom the center is named, is its primary financial backer.