President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized the fruitful cooperation between Kazakhstan and Vatican and expressed his gratitude for the support of the initiative to convene the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and for the active participation in its work.
In turn, Cardinal Sodano passed the greeting from Pope Benedict XVI and pointed out that Vatican highly appreciates Kazakhstan’s contribution to the development of inter-confessional accord and its role in global security, as well as in the sphere of inter-religious and inter-ethnic dialogue and tolerance.
To date, there are more than 100 catholic churches and chapels functioning in Kazakhstan.
