am very pleased to see that a booklet on religious freedom, a working tool for everyone in society, is being published and will be made broadly available. It has two major purposes – the first one being to educate and the second to protect.
The information contained in this booklet is invaluable to each and every one of us. Fundamental human rights are a cornerstone for any civilised society and religious freedom is certainly one of the most important. The more we are all aware of and apply these principles to our everyday lives, the better the world will become.
My years of work as Ecumenical Director for three different Popes has enabled me to see that tolerance, understanding and dialogue between all religions – old and new, small and large – are essential to a peaceful and free society.
I wish the Church of Scientology and the religious and human rights organisations which have supported this booklet success in their activities to preserve religious freedom and to remedy instances of religious discrimination.
—Professor Urbano Alonso Galán Professor Galán is a Doctor in Philosophy and a Licenciate in Theology (cum laude). He obtained his degree at the Gregorian University and at the Saint Bonaventure Pontifical Faculty, both of Rome. He has been a moderator in ecumencial congresses, directed by the Vatican, at which he worked with Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI.
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