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Amman, Jordan, May 17, 2014 \/ 06:02 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- An appeal issued jointly Wednesday by Vatican and Jordanian officials marks the nations\u2019 friendship and common commitment to foster peace and dialogue in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\tFollowing a May 13-14 meeting in Amman on \u201cMeeting Current Challenges through Education,\u201d the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Jordan\u2019s Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies issued an appeal for solidarity on the eve of Pope Francis\u2019 May 24-26 pilgrimage, which they called \u201ca source of hope for all peoples of the Holy Land and the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe statement began by strongly condemning violence, in particular the April kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, \u201ccall(ing) or their immediate release, so that they can return to their families and their schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe participants agreed on families and schools as the \u201cfundamental institutions\u201d of education; the importance of religious education in transmitting religious and moral values; the necessity of considering the human person\u2019s dignity; and the trouble of international agreements which disregard religious freedom and other human rights.<\/p>\n

\tIt was also stated that \u201cintegral education\u201d is necessary, because \u201creligion is not the cause of conflicts, but rather inhumanity and ignorance,\u201d and that \u201creligions, properly understood and practiced, are not causes of division and conflicts but rather a necessary factor for reconciliation and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe joint statement proposed a \u201ccultural decalogue\u201d for those involved in education, which highlighted the importance of humility; of not being closed-minded; perseverance; trust in reason; and of intellectual curiosity, courage, integrity, autonomy, fairness, and humility.<\/p>\n

\tThe \u201cdecalogue\u201d also exhorted educators to \u201cconsider pluralism as richness, not a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe joint statement is the latest in Jordan\u2019s steps to affirm its strategic role for peace and dialogue in the Middle East, which has been reinforced over the years by a series of initiatives, many of them involving Ghazi bin Muhammad, one of the nation\u2019s princes.<\/p>\n

\tbin Muhammad helped to organize a 2007 letter to Benedict XVI from 138 Muslim scholars, relaunching a dialogue following his Regensburg address of the previous year.<\/p>\n

\tSince then, bin Muhammad has helped coordinate a series of dialogues between Catholic and Muslim thinkers, including Benedict\u2019s 2009 visit to the Holy Land.<\/p>\n

\tIn September, bin Muhammad sponsored a summit of Christian leaders in the Middle East convoked by King Abdullah II to address the widespread emergencies facing Christians in the region; Jordan is widely seen as a protector of Christians in the area.<\/p>\n

\tAbdullah and bin Muhammad met with Pope Francis April 7, to indicate Jordan\u2019s full support for his upcoming visit to the Holy Land.<\/p>\n

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