Gianfranco Ravasi, an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a cardinal since 2010, has developed Pope Benedict XVI's vision of an international forum that fosters dialogue between Christian believers and agnostics or atheists, which he stated that he wanted to reintroduce the ancient tradition of the 'disputed questions.'
Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2010, he has been President of the Pontifical Council for Culture since 3 September 2007. Ravasi has developed Pope Benedict XVI's vision of an international forum that fosters dialogue between Christian believers and agnostics or atheists. He "wanted to reintroduce the ancient tradition of the 'disputed questions'  as they were called then  while at that time they had to do with different opinions and theses, in this case they will be between believers and nonbelievers." 
