{"id":872,"date":"2015-02-06T21:28:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T02:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/?page_id=872"},"modified":"2023-05-01T11:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T16:32:30","slug":"the-church-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/interfaith-dialogue\/the-church-dialogue","title":{"rendered":"The Church & Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"
This collection of resources chronicles the Catholic Church\u2019s journey of dialogue with other religions, a journey that began with the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s. Featured here are interfaith stories, theological reflections, and official Vatican documents. Also included are photos and articles detailing the interfaith journey of Scarboro Missions.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the last four decades, Catholics and Protestants have been seriously rethinking their attitudes towards non-Christian religions. And the Second Vatican Council is now seen as a watershed event in this new openness toward Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Aboriginals and others. Indeed, the Church has come to recognize and respect the presence of grace, truth and holiness in other religions. But more than this, the Church realizes it stands to benefit from dialogue with other spiritual traditions. This conviction is best capsulized in the words of John Paul II: \"By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.\"<\/p>\n The Council produced ground-breaking documents on religious pluralism, interfaith dialogue and religious liberty. The key Council documents relevant to interfaith are:<\/p>\nThe Second Vatican Council<\/h3>\n