The Commission is mandated by the Kenyan Catholic Church under the General Secretariat, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, to provide trainings for the Church on Interreligious and Ecumenical Dialogue. Furthermore, CIRDE is mandated to reach out and establish relationships with other Christian Churches and other religions and to enable the various Dioceses to do the same.
From Vatican II, it is clear that the Catholic Church takes an active and lead role in interreligious dialogue to promote mutual understanding, dialogue, collaboration and positive peace.