| The Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs has a mandate from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to give guidance in ecumenical and interreligious affairs and determine concrete ways of acting in accordance with the Decree on Ecumenism and on Non-Christian Religions of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican and with other ordinances and legitimate customs, taking account of the time, place and persons they are concerned with but also of the good of the universal Church….for more see our Mandate and Brief History page. |
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On October 28, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent greetings to Hindus in honor of the feast of Diwali:
"Christians and Hindus:
Together in Favour of Non-violence" |