Saturday, March 26, 2005

Cardinal Rejects Idea of Fatima as Interreligious Center

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 26, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal José Saraiva Martins expressed publicly his opposition to any talk about turning the Shrine of Fatima into a center of interreligious dialogue with Muslims.

The statements by the cardinal prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Sainthood Causes were in reaction to the announcement by some groups and Web pages of the construction of an "ecumenical church" in the shrine.

"Fatima has been and always will be a Catholic Marian shrine," insisted the Portuguese cardinal. "Naturally, this does not exclude, indeed it includes, the continuation of dialogue with all religions, including Muslims.
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