Muslims offered themselves as "human shields" on Friday, January 7, to protect Coptic Christians celebrating their Christmas in Egypt just a week after a church bombing that killed 21 people.

Pope Benedict will travel to Assisi in October to commemorate the interreligious gathering convoked by Pope John Paul II twenty-five years ago.

This year’s message emphasizes respect, trust, and cooperation.

Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Ahmadabadi, an Iranian Islamic scholar responds,to questions about Muslim law regarding conversion.

Speaking of the role of Christians in Israel, Rabbi Rosen said, "Christians play a disproportionate role in promoting inter-religious understanding and co-operation in the country. Indeed I would presume to suggest that this is precisely the Christian metier, to contribute to overcoming the prejudice and misunderstanding that bedevil the Holy Land".

William Johnston SJ, the Irish Jesuit internationally renowned for his work on mysticism and interreligious dialogue, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 12, in Tokyo, Japan.

At a speech in London, Pope Benedict speaks of "a need not only for theological exchange, but also sharing our spiritual riches, speaking of our experience of prayer and contemplation, and expressing to one another the joy of our encounter with divine love."

Leading interreligious theologian died on August 26.

This year the PCID addressed the topic of overcoming interreligious violence in its annual greetings to Muslims at the end of Ramadan.

Catholics and Protestants have donated 100 copies of the Qur’an to Indonesian Muslims in Australian jails, in what they call an act of religious solidarity.

Nine American Muslim scholars denounce the misuse of the Qur'an in YouTube video.

The member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement affirm the need for and importance of interreligious dialogue.

Jesuit professor and scholar of comparative theology succeeds Donald K. Swearer.

The Catholic Theological Society of America bestows its highest award on an Advisor to Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.

One his visit to Cyprus Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the Catholics there to engage in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.

An introduction to and guidelines for interreligious dialogue from the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

Sister Hélène Mercier to assume her new position in June 2010.

The Australian Commission for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue has launched a Facebook page for "fans" of Abhishiktananda.

Tibet's spiritual leader has said China is trying to "annihilate Buddhism", as the region marks the anniversary of a failed revolt against China in 1959.

An historical Catholic/Muslim agreement to reject the manipulation of religion to justify political interests, violence or discrimination.

Father Patrick J. Ryan, the second McGinley Professor at Fordham University (succeeding Cardinal Avery Dulles) pledges to devote his tenure to discovering common ground among Judaism, Chritianity, and Islam.

Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation honored as proponent of peace, interreligious dialogue and understanding.

The president of the Islamic Society of North America issued a statement condemning anti Christian riots in Pakistan saying "The way to uphold the respect for the Quran is to show the Quranic respect for religious diversity and solidarity with the poor and the weak."

The first complete translation of the nearly 2,000 quatrains attributed to Jalaluddin Rumi, the famous 13th-century mystical poet has just appeared.

Professor Ewert Cousins, a Advisor to Monastic Intereligious Dialogue and renowned scholar, died on May 30.

MID's President speaks to a Buddhist monastic community in California on the Rule of St. Benedict and monastic spirituality.

A Catholic monastery in the Syrian desert that fosters dialogue with Muslims.

The Joint Committee for Dialogue (the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Academy for Islamic Research of al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt), held its annual meeting in Rome on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 February 2009.

The Vatican Information Service reports on the speech of the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to the United Nations General Assembly.

Board member elect, Sr. Barbara Austin OSB, represented MID at the annual meeting of the Midwest Muslim-Catholic Dialogue.

The Benedictine sisters of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, and Quad-City Muslim women come together to discuss "Mohammed and Jesus: Their Message."

The Episcopal Commission for Interfaith Dialogue of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement to "A Common Word between Us."

Cardinal Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, delivered Pope Benedict's message to the World Conference on Dialogue held in Madrid July 16-18, 2008.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Rabbi Phyllis Berman of the Shalom Center report on the World Conference on Dialogue meeting in Madrid, July 16-18, 2008

The International Islamic Conference for Dialogue, organized by
The Muslim World League in Mecca June 2-6, 2008, affirms that Islam advocates dialogue and outlines the objectives, methodology, rules, means, partners, and topics of dialogue.

Catholic News Services reports that the PCID is preparing to offer pastors and the faithful some general orientations to guide interreligious dialogue.

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue suggests that care for the environment is a point of common concern for Christians and Buddhists.

A report from the Washington Post describing the patriotic education process that is required by the Chinese government.

"in order to further develop Catholic-Muslim dialogue, the participants agreed to establish the 'Catholic-Muslim Forum' and to organise the first seminar of the forum in Rome from 4 to 6 November 2008."

In article written by Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, reports on two gatherings of Muslim and Catholic women at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, Illinois.

The Congregation of Perpetual Adoration announced with regret that Osage+Monastery in Sand Spring, Oklahoma, would be closed in spring 2008.

International Muslim scholars come to Gethsemani Abbey for a dialogue with Abbot Damien and members of the monastic community.

A report on the annual meeting of the Midwest Catholic/Muslim Dialogue co-sponsored by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops and the Islamic Society of North America.

Fr. William Skudlarek, OSB, will succeed Fr. Pierre-Francois de Bethune as General Secretary of DIM/MID.

Jotipalo Bhikkhu of Abhayagiri Monastery, Redwood Valley, California, and Father William Skudlarek, OSB, of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, undertook an interreligious walking pilgrimage that began at Brainerd MN on July 11, 2007, and continued north along the Paul Bunyan Trail, which ends a hundred miles later in Bemidji. The journal that follows recounts what they experienced along the way.

The Medium of Tibet’s Chief State Oracle, Venerable Thupten Ngodup (“Nechung Kuten”)comes to Gethsemani and visits Thomas Merton's grave.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed a French cardinal, Jean-Louis Tauran, to lead the Vatican’s newly restored Council for Interreligious Dialogue, which oversees dialogue with Muslims and other faiths. Cardinal Tauran, 64, was the Vatican’s foreign minister under Pope John Paul II.
New York Times, June 26, 2007

A Buddhist and a Benedictine monks plan walking pilgrimage in Minnesota.

Saint John' Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, bestowed its highest award on Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald during the University's commencement exercises.

An on-going West Coast Buddhist/ Catholic dialogue addresses the topic "Abiding in Christ; Taking Refuge in the Buddha."

MID Advisor Leo D. Lefebure spoke at an international interreligious conference in Istanbul

The topic of this year's meeting was “Living as Muslims and Catholics in the USA Today”

MID Director Sr. Catherine Cleary, OSB, of Saint Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Illinois, reports on her community's invitation to Muslim and Christian women to share their understanding of prayer and spirituality.

The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions released the following statement on the current conflict in the Middle East.

A film based on the life of Rumi to open at select theaters this summer.

The Vatican announced today that the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue would be joined to the Pontifical Council for Culture.

The Vatican announced today that Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has been appointed apostolic nuncio to Egypt.

Monastic Interreligious Dialogue rejects all forms of communication that employ words or images offensive to the religious sensibilities of others. We believe that to defend such statements by appealing to "freedom of speech" is to misinterpret and misuse this fundamental human right. We use this forum to publicize a recent statement from the Vatican with which we are in full accord.

Anniversary of the founder of the Gelug pa order of Tibetan Buddhism

A press release from the USCCB Department for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs reporting on the December 2005 Midwest Regional Dialgoue of Catholics and Muslims.

A fifteen-year tradition...

Just announced...

Regular events hosted by the International Tibet Independence Movement.

About fifty Benedictine Abbots and monastic superiors participated in a workshop on interreligious dialogue held at Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, California.

News about the Pluralism Project.

The centre published the first issue of Intracultus: Interreligious New Bulletin, in order better to publicize the many activities taking place under its auspices.

Abbot Philip Lawrence, of the Benedictine community of Christ in the Desert near Abiquiu, New Mexico, here describes the visit of four Bon monks to his monastery in November of last year.

Bishop McLeod Baker Ochola II and the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative were selected.

The transcript of student researcher Scott Hyslop’s presentation on religious diversity in Montana is now available online.

Tracy Wells has expanded the profiles of interfaith groups in the greater Boston area.

Ever since the early 1990s the Pluralism Project at Harvard has been doing groundbreaking research on religious diversity in the United States. The project’s website contains a wealth of information about the various religions that are now represented in this country.

The topic of this year's annual meeting was “Living as Muslims and Catholics in the USA Today”

A monastery in Rock Island, Illinois, brings together Catholic and Muslim women to talk about peace and the role of women in their two traditions.

A Benedictine women's monastery in Rock Island, Illinois, brings together Muslims and Catholics to discuss peace and the role of women in their two traditions.

International Muslim scholars at Gethsemani Abbey for dialogue with Abbot Damien and members of the monastic community.

Today was made public the final communique on the 11th Colloquium organized by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Islamic Call Society (WICS), which took place in Rome from 15 to 17 December.

A Catholic moanstery in the Syrian desert that fosters dialogue with Muslims.

An Advisor to MID and prominent scholar in the field of interreligious dialouge died on May 30.

An Advisor to MID and expert in the field of interreligious dialogue died on May 30.

Tibet's spiritual leader has said China is trying to "annihilate Buddhism", as the region marks the anniversary of a failed revolt against China in 1959.

The proceedings of the MID-sponsored Buddhist/Catholic Encounter on monasticism and the environment are now available from Lantern Press.

William Johnston SJ, the Irish Jesuit internationally renowned for his work on mysticism and interreligious dialogue, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 12, in Tokyo, Japan.