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Jerusalem Centre VATICAN CITY, Sept 2. Pope Paul VI is reported to be ready to build in Jerusalem a permanent study centre of comparative theology to promote Christian unity and better relations with non-Christian faiths.
A high Vatican spokesman said both Christian and nonChristian scholars would explore the world’s religious boUefs at the centre. He described the centre as a personal project of Pope Sil’s, envisioned as a lastmonument to his historic January meeting with the Orthodox Patriarch, Athenagoras, in the Holy land. The Pope was said to have worked on the plan ever since. He said the research in comparative theology “will pay special attention to orthodox theology” but will be broader than Christianity’s confines and the current Christian unity interest “The Idea is that it should not be staffed by only Roman Catholics but rather that there should be a certain openness to scholars of nonChristian faiths," the spokesman said.
The selection of Jerusalem held added significance. Jerusalem is a Holy etty for Judaism and Islam as well as for Christianity.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30536, 3 September 1964, Page 13
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