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Uniting people of different faiths for peace through dialogue
03.03.2018
John Cardinal Onaiyekan visited the Church of the Infant Jesus of Prague
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the archbishop of Abuja Nigeria visited the Church of the Infant Jesus as a part of his visit of the Archdiocese of Prague. Cardinal Onaiyekan has been strongly engaged in matters of intra/interreligious dialogue for decades. He is the founder of Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace – COFP, which educates religious leaders, supports community engagement, and fosters dialogue negotiations and nonviolent adress of conflicts.
Cardinal talked with the carmelites from the Church of the Infant Jesus about the Activities of The COPF Foundation which can inspire other regions, and also about the initiatives of the carmelite missions on the support of interreligious dialogue in the Central African Republic.
„We are living in a season of grave polarisation. Often, we tend to focus on the things that separate us and on the differences that we experience in our daily life almost to the extent of behaving as if we don`t have anything in common.“ John Cardinal Onaiyekan
Photo: http://cofpfoundation.org/