In his message, titled as “Christians and Muslims: Working Together for Mankind’s Spiritual Dimension”, the council President Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran stated, “The end of the month of Ramadan offers the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue a welcome occasion for sending you our most cordial wishes, hoping that the efforts you have so generously made during this month will bring all the desired spiritual fruits.”

Noting that the council wanted to emphasize “the theme of the spiritual dimension of the human person”, Cardinal Tauran continued saying in his statement, “This concerns a reality which Christians and Muslims consider to be of prime importance, faced as we are with the challenges of materialism and secularization.”

Underlining the fact that trasnmission of human and moral values to the younger generations is a common concern for both Muslims and Christians, Cardinal Tauran added, “It is our duty to help them discover that there is both good and evil, that conscience is a sanctuary to be respected, and that cultivating the spiritual dimension makes us more responsible, more supportive, more available for the common good.”
 

It is also stated in the message “Muslims and Christians are too often witnesses to the violation of the sacred, of the mistrust of which those who call themselves believers are the target. We cannot but denounce all forms of fanaticism and intimidation, the prejudices and the polemics, as well as the discrimination of which, at times, believers are the object both in the social and political life as well as in the mass media.

Cardinal Tauran concluded his letter by saying that the Catholic community is “spiritually very close to you, dear friends,” and “asking God to give you renewed spiritual energy” as “we send you our very best wishes for peace and happiness.”