Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, and the chief rabbi of Poland were among the keynote speakers at the KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum in Lisbon, where religious and political leaders have gathered to discuss peacebuilding, inclusive cities, and sacred ecology.
Father Laurent Basanese, SJ, an official of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, is also among the speakers at the May 14-16 event.
The KAICIID Dialogue Centre, or King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, is an intergovernmental organization founded in 2012 by Austria, Saudi Arabia, and Spain.