Markus Solo
Markus Solo also Markus Solo Kewuta (born August 4, 1968 in Lewouran , East Flores , East Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia ) is an Indonesian clergyman of the Steyler Missionaries (SVD or Society of the Divine Word), a Roman Catholic religious order under papal law, and a personality of Christian-Muslim dialogue, especially with Islam in Asia. In 2007 the Vatican brought him from Vienna to work on the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue . Since then he has been one of the papal advisers in the Holy See on Christian-Islamic relations in the world.
Life
He joined the religious community of the Society of the Divine Word in 1988. From 1993 to 1997 he studied theology at the Theological College of the Steyler Missionaries in St. Gabriel , Mödling , Austria (master's degree). From 1999 to 2002 he studied fundamental theology at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck , Austria, and graduated with a doctorate in fundamental theology. From 2002 to 2005 he studied Classical Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Dar Comboni Institute for Arabic Studies in Cairo, Egypt, and at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome , Italy, where he graduated with a licentiate degree. From 2005 to 2006 he served as vicar in the congregation of the Trinity Church in Vienna . At that time he was commissioned by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn to work in interreligious dialogue with the Muslims in Vienna. From 2006 to 2007 he was the rector of the Afro-Asian Institute in Vienna.
Since 2007 he has worked at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso or Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue) in the Vatican.
He works for the Christian-Islamic dialogue in Asia, and is also Vice President of the Nostra Aetate Foundation in the same Pontifical Council for Education for Peace.
In 2008 he was one of the Catholic delegation participants of the first seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum ( Catholic-Muslim Forum ) at the Vatican as a result of the open letter of the 138 Muslim leaders around the world, u. a. to Pope Benedict XVI, under the title Common Word (A word that is common to us and you). In 2011 he also took part in the second seminar of the forum in Jordan.
Web links
- religionv1.orf.at: New Rector for Afro-Asian Institute in Vienna
- steyler.eu: Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue appoints a Steyler missionary
- zenit.org/de: Markus Solo Kewuta
- holyspiritsister.blogspot.de (CV)
- batursajalur.blogspot.it: Dr Markus Solo Kewuta SVD
- hurek.blogspot.de: Orang Flores jadi penasihat Paus
- tribunnews.com: Rahasia dan Tata Cara Pemilihan Paus (1)
- http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/09/fasting-hold-firmly-toward-resurrection.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ hurek.blogspot.de
- ↑ steyler.eu: Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue appoints a Steyler missionary
- ↑ named after Daniele Comboni (1831–1881)
- ↑ Web presence ( Memento of March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PISAI)
- ↑ acommonword.com: Delegations to the 'Second Catholic-Muslim Forum' ( A common word between us and you )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Solo, Markus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Markus Solo Kewuta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indonesian religious of the Steyler Missionaries (SVD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lewouran , East Flores , East Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia |