At the thirteenth videoconference

From the Holy See, November 27^th 2002

Today’s theological meditations have shown the Church’s presence and concern in travelling, with all men of good will, the fraternal path of hopeful dialogue towards the knowledge of truth, the truth personified in Jesus Christ (see Dialogue and Proclamation, no. 40, Document by the Pontifical Council for inter-religious dialogue and the Congregation for the Evangelization of People, Bulletin no. 77, 1991).

Remembering the numerous significant and also recent events involving inter-religious dialogue, such as the two meetings held in Assisi on October 27^th 1986 and on January 24^th this year, let us remember with the words of Saint Augustine that we must move towards the Lord "not only walking but also loving, and then in the measure that the love that leads us to Him is pure the closer God will be to our hearts. (…) Not with feet therefore, but with good habits it is possible to move towards He who is ever present" (See Letter 155, 4, 13: NBA XXII, p. 574).