” ” ” “Recalling the Constitution "Nostra Aetate" and the Encyclical "Redemptoris Missio", Cardinal Tauran said the Catholic Church is not rejecting "what is true and holy" in other religions and highlighted the progress made since the end of Vatican Council II "in the dialogue of life, of works, of theological and spiritual exchanges." "Believers who are carrying out this type of dialogue are not going unnoticed," he said. "They are a treasure for society." If on one hand state authorities "shall guarantee freedom of religion and of conscience," on the other "it is in the interest of state authorities to encourage interreligious dialogue and to exploit the moral and spiritual heritage of religions," whose values can contribute to "the harmony, to intercultural dialogue and to the strengthening of common good." "We shall not fear religions," warned Cardinal Tauran. We shall fear their followers instead. They are the ones who can corrupt religion by putting it at the service of evil," he said with a particular reference to the "acts of violence and terrorist attacks perpetrated in its name." (continued)