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Theological dialogue with Islam 'impossible,' top Jesuit says
Posted on Dec 5, 2007 07:56am CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
New York
Covering a church with more than 2,000 years of history, one doesn’t get the chance to use the word “unprecedented” very often. In early January, however, something will happen in Rome that is (almost) a complete novelty: The Society of the Jesus, the largest and most influential religious order in the Catholic church, will elect a successor to its Father General while the current occupant of the office is still alive and in good health.
