Friday, January 28, 2011; 12:17 PM
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is seeking to repair relations with the pre-eminent institute of Islamic learning in the Sunni Muslim world.
Cairo's Al-Azhar academy froze its dialogue with the Vatican last week to protest Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks calling for better protection for Christians in Egypt.
The head of the Vatican's office for interreligious dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, told the Vatican newspaper Friday that the Holy See didn't understand what Al-Azhar was so upset about.
He said any careful reading of the pope's remarks showed he was merely asserting universal values about the need for religious freedom.
Tauran said he remained open to dialogue and that regardless, a February meeting with Al-Azhar remained on his calendar.
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Al-Azhar getting angry at the Catholic Church asking for better protection of Christians was most likely offensive to him. This is said since he saying he closed dialogue due to wanting / asking for protection. Al-Azhar needs to be asking to repair relations not the Roman Catholic Church.
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