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links them both, and moreover, projects them onto the world stage, urged by
tensions between local identities and global demands, to provide answers and
arguments for intercultural dialogues, and hence contribute to world peace
and understanding.
As soonas [arrived in Budapest, I presented my proposal to the Archbishop
of Budapest, Cardinal Erd6, telling him about the successful experience of
the Interreligious Dialogue Institute (Instituto de Diälogo Interreligioso, IDI,
if you want to google it), created in Buenos Aires at the beginning of the
1990s under the patronage of the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and now
Pope Francis. This Institution was created under natural conditions, since
the Argentine society, as Dr. Hernän Otero brilliantly explained yesterday,
has created a unique experience of cultural pluralism. That dialogue forum
among Catholic, Jewish and Muslims leaders has been so successful that it
has been projected to an international scale in America.
Cardinal Erdö, not only a priest but also a distinguished scholar, wisely
suggested that I propose that platform of dialogue about identity and
pluralism on an academic level, asking for the partnership of the Catholic,
the Reformed Church and the Jewish universities from both countries,
which I found an extraordinary idea. The aim of the proposal is to articulate
interdisciplinary academic dialogues, but open to multiple society sectors in
order to incorporate perspectives and approaches not merely academic. After
that conversation, I began bringing together the Pazmany University and the
Argentine Catholic University, which are now close to signing an agreement
including this matter among others.
I hope I have awoken your curiosity in this proposal. Thank you very much.
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