Interreligious dialogue Archives - Page 15 of 17

Bangladesh cardinal calls appointment both blessing and challenge

Oct 9, 2016

Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario of Dhaka in Bangladesh was among the new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on Oct. 9, and he says he sees the nomination as both a “blessing” and “grace” for the country’s tiny Catholic minority, but also a “call” to continue the church’s contribution to building up the nation.

By Nirmala Carvalho

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

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.”

By Inés San Martín

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

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.

By Inés San Martín

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

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.

By John L. Allen Jr.

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

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.

By Cindy Wooden

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

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.

By John L. Allen Jr.