In recent decades, the activity of the Catholic Church has become distinctly dialo-gic, especially in its relation to Muslims. For many Catholics, this church »outreach« is not acceptable. Nonetheless, interreligious activities are the result of a deliberate decision by the Fathers at the last Vatican Council in 1965. The documents that founded this dialogue include Ecclesiam suam, Lumen Gentium and Nostra Aetate. The Council Fathers realized that respect and acceptance of others is the heart of the Gospel, and that only in dialogue lie coexistence and survival. There has been enough of the interfaith wars, the crusades, for example, and too many people have been killed on all sides. The truth is that more and more Muslims live among us. However, there is but one weapon for the both sides to achieve victory, and that is dialogue. This article also introduces the Document on the Brotherhood of All People for World Peace and Common Coexistence which expresses the agreement between the Pope and the Great Imam from Cairo to invite Christians and Muslims throughout the world to work for peace and mutual understanding.
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