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Two more members of PLURIEL appointed to the Commission of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Pope Francis appointed in October 2020 a group of new consultors to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Among them, two members of the Pluriel network have joined the group of consultors (of whom 4 are already members of our network.) We congratulate their respective institutions and encourage them in the ever more necessary work of Islamic-Christian dialogue.

Diego Sarrio Cucarella, Rector of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI)

Ambrogio Bongiovanni, Lecturer in interreligious dialogue at the Pontifical Gregorian University

Read the news on Vatican website : https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/10/22/201022b0.html

Le Pape François a nommé en octobre 2020 une série de consulteurs du Conseil pontifical pour le dialogue interreligieux. Parmi eux, deux membres du réseau Pluriel viennent rejoindre le groupe des consulteurs (dont déjà 4 membres de notre réseau.) Nous accordons nos félicitations à celles de leurs institutions respectives et les encourageons dans le travail toujours plus nécessaire du dialogue islamo-chrétien.

Ambrogio Bongiovanni, Maître de conférences en dialogue interreligieux à l’Université pontificale grégorienne

Lire le communiqué du Vatican : https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/10/22/201022b0.html

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