Muslim envoys to get lesson in Vatican politics

[Al-khiyal]

ROME, May 05, 2007: About 20 diplomats from the majority Muslim countries have been invited to a course on the Catholic Church’s politics, the Pontifical Gregorian University’s foundation said on Friday.

The course to begin on Monday called The Catholic Church and the Holy See’s International Politics will continue until May 27, first in Rome, then in Turin, foundation president Father Franco Imoda said.

“It is about making the Holy See’s diplomacy more understandable and providing elements to better understand the church’s functioning as an international institution,” he said. Those invited to the conference are from Algeria, Albania, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey.

A diplomat from Montenegro, which has a majority orthodox population but a significant number of Muslims as well, has also been invited.

Muslim envoys to get lesson in Vatican politics

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