The Rumi Forum presents ‘Catholic-Muslim Relations: Will the legacy and vision of Pope John Paul II endure?’ with Dr. John Borelli, Special Assistant for Interreligious Initiatives to the President, Georgetown University.
John Borelli has been Special Assistant for Interreligious Initiatives to the President of Georgetown University since 2004. Prior to that, he served as Associate Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for 16 years and Interim Director from 2001-2002. With special responsibility for promoting relations with Muslims for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, he developed and staffed three ongoing dialogues and other projects with Muslims. A consulter to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue for seventeen years, Dr. Borelli also serves as National Coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue and Relations for Jesuits in the United States. He taught full-time at Fordham University (Ph.D., 1976, history of religions and theology) during his final year of graduate studies and for 11 years at the College of Mount St. Vincent (New York City). He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Philosophy from St. Louis University in 1968. He has published over 170 articles in the past 30 years. He edited the Handbook for Interreligious Dialogue and co-edited with John Erickson The Quest for Unity, a book on Orthodox-Catholic relations.
Recently, he co-authored, Interfaith Dialogue: A Catholic View, with Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald (SPCK/Orbis Books, 2006).