Interreligious dialogue Archives - Page 14 of 16

In Muslim Azerbaijan, Pope rejects ‘extreme and radical attitudes’

Global Church
Oct 2, 2016

On his first visit to a majority Shiite Muslim nation on Sunday, Pope Francis in Azerbaijan told an inter-religious assembly that the goals of fraternity and the common good cannot be reached through “extreme and radical attitudes which are furthest from the living God.”

Pope’s message of reconciliation to loom large in Georgia, Azerbaijan

Vatican
Sep 29, 2016

Pope Francis travels to Georgia and Azerbaijan over the weekend, and each stop presents its own unique challenges. In Georgia he’ll visit an overwhelmingly Orthodox nation constantly at odds with Russia, and in Azerbaijan he’ll encounter a largely Shi’a Muslim society, in both cases pushing peace and reconciliation.

Pope’s inter-faith summit in Assisi belongs to an ongoing revolution

Analysis, Global Church
Sep 14, 2016

When Pope Francis convenes a summit of religious leaders next Tuesday in Assisi, it will be the fifth time a pope has done so, beginning with St. John Paul II in 1986, marking a revolution both in how Catholicism engages the world and in the role of the papacy as the chairman of religious moderates everywhere.

Pope, religious leaders to mark 30th anniversary of 1986 Assisi meeting

Catholic News Service
Sep 4, 2016

The meeting of leaders of the world’s religions called by John Paul II in 1986 marked a new era in interreligious understanding. Later this month, Pope Francis with other leaders will mark its anniversary.

In meeting with Jains, Pope Francis keeps on leading by addition

Vatican
Jun 1, 2016

When Francis and a group of Jains met Wednesday morning, it was about friends getting together, but it was also what master strategists do – leading by addition, not subtraction.

Pope Francis has a chance to spend political capital with Islam

Church, Vatican
May 23, 2016

Ending a five-year freeze in relations, Pope Francis is set to meet the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar Mosque, Ahmed el-Tayeb, in the Vatican on Monday. The al-Azhar mosque and university complex in Cairo, Egypt, is widely considered the most prestigious institution in the Sunni Muslim world. Just to put