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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9747

25 September 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/intercultural dialogue
Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople highlights contribution EU can make to peaceful co-existence

Brussels, 24/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - As part of intercultural dialogue, which has already seen a representative of Islam address the European Parliament (a representative of Judaism will speak in November), Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, was welcomed to the Parliament on Wednesday 24 September, by President Hans-Gert Pöttering, who highlighted the importance of freedom of religion for personal dignity.

Bartholomew, who...

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