Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
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Dicastery overview
Formed22 January 1588 (1588-01-22)
TypeDicastery
HeadquartersVia della Conciliazione 5 00193 Rome, Italy
Dicastery executives
  • Cardinal George Koovakad,
    Prefect
  • Msgr. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage,
    Secretary
  • Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya SX,
    Under-secretary
  • Fr. Laurent Basanese SJ, Bureau Chief

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, previously named the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), is a dicastery of the Roman Curia, erected by Pope Paul VI on 19 May 1964 as the Secretariat for Non-Christians, and renamed by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988.

The Dicastery does not have responsibility for relations with other Christian religions, which are the responsibility of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, which also has oversight of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews.