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Catholic-Orthodox dialogue group looks at relations with Islam
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BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Meeting for the 20th time since 1981, Catholic and Orthodox bishops focused on their churches' relationship with Islam and other topics for three days in October at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore. The Joint Committee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops heard from Imam Mohamad Bashar Arafat, founder and director of the Civilizations Exchange and Cooperation Foundation in Baltimore, about Islam and its relations with Christianity. Reporting on the topic from the Catholic perspective was John Borelli, associate director of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, who spoke about the work of various Catholic dialogues with Islam at the national and international levels. Father Daniel Byantoro, a founder of the Orthodox Church in predominantly Muslim Indonesia, spoke on issues involved in Orthodox relations with Islam. Other topics discussed during the Oct. 7-9 meeting included youth ministry in the two churches and the relationship between bishops and priests.
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