International
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Message for The Month of Ramadan and ‘Id al-fitr 1443 H. / 2022 A.D.
By Admin Webmaster 4/11/2022 1:18:03 PMAs you celebrate the month of Ramadan that concludes with ‘Id al-Fitr, our thoughts turn in gratitude to Almighty God who has protected all of us in His Providence. We also pray for the dead and the sick with sorrow and hope.
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Meeting between Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and WCC
By Admin Webmaster 4/4/2022 8:30:04 AMThe annual meeting of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) took place at the PCID Office on 24-25 March 2022.
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Interfaith Week 2022: Clerics organize reading, writing competition among students, sensitize over 10,000
By Admin Webmaster 3/30/2022 10:04:13 AMInterfaith Harmony Week 2022: Nigerian Clerics Organize Reading And Writing Competition Among students & sensitizes over 10,000 about the week.
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Archbishop Gallagher visits Bosnia-Herzegovina: 'May religious leaders be custodians of peace'
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2022 8:40:57 AMThe Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States visited Bosnia and Herzegovina from 17 to 20 March, travelling from Sarajevo to Medjugorje, meeting with political leaders, representatives of the local Church, and religious leaders.
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World leaders highlight 'Human Fraternity' promoted by Pope Francis
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2022 10:44:17 AMIn the run-up to the award ceremony of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity 2022, two Nobel Peace Laureates and an anti-extremism activist comment on the profound relevance of the values of the historic Document on Human Fraternity signed in 2019 by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.
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Florence meeting closes with appeals for peace, encounter, fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2022 9:18:50 AMThe meeting of Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean wraps up on Sunday with religious and civil leaders committing to work together and calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.
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Florence meeting closes with appeals for peace, encounter, fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2022 9:18:35 AMThe meeting of Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean wraps up on Sunday with religious and civil leaders committing to work together and calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.
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Rabbi Lustig: ‘Fraternity an opportunity to heal world with acts of love"
By Admin Webmaster 2/21/2022 9:09:38 AMOn the International Day of Human Fraternity, Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig praises the foresightedness of the Document on Human Fraternity as offering an opportunity to heal the world’s many divisions.
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Meeting between the Synod of Bishops and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/14/2022 10:22:51 AMCard. Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, together with Mons. Luis Marín de San Martín, OSA and Sister Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, both Under-Secretaries, met with Card. Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ, Mgr Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku K. and Fr Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, SX, respectively President, Secretary and Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, at the headquarters of the latter Dicastery.
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Pope to Holy Land Review: Tell the story of fraternity in the Middle East
By Admin Webmaster 2/7/2022 9:56:07 AMA group of around 50 journalists from The Holy Land Review, accompanied by Fr. Francesco Patton, OFM, the Custos of the Holy Land, met the Pope for a private audience on Monday morning.
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PCID Secretary and Undersecretary meet de Bossey students. PCID Staff
By Admin Webmaster 1/26/2022 8:27:36 AMMons. Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K., Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, Undersecretary, met with a group of 32 students and 6 staff members of the Ecumenical Institute at de Bossey
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First time award of John Paul II Prize for Catholic‒Jewish studies
By Admin Webmaster 1/19/2022 8:10:37 AMOn 17 January 2022, a day dedicated to the deepening and development of dialogue between Catholics and Jews, the “John Paul II Prize for Catholic‒Jewish Studies” was awarded for the first time.
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Pope Francis, building bridges in the name of fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2022 9:05:16 AMIn his address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis reiterated the Church’s impartial passion for humanity, especially wounded or humiliated humanity. The Pope’s commitment to building bridges between different people, cultures, and religions is increasingly emerging as a distinctive feature of his pontificate.
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Commission for religious relations with the Jews
By Admin Webmaster 1/12/2022 10:24:18 AMThe Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews was established by Pope Paul VI on 22 October 1974, but already during the Second Vatican Council, in the course of the preparation of the document now known as Nostra aetate, the complex and urgent theme of relations with Judaism had arisen.
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Catholic-Muslim Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/10/2022 9:27:47 AM“The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God… .” Nostra Aetate 3
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Pope’s January prayer intention: For those who suffer religious persecution
By Admin Webmaster 1/10/2022 9:21:10 AMPope Francis dedicates his first prayer message of 2022 to combatting religious discrimination and persecution, reminding us that religious freedom is not limited to freedom of worship, but is tied to fraternity.
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Mozambique's religious leaders pledge peace in Cabo Delgado
By Admin Webmaster 1/5/2022 10:49:48 AMReligious leaders in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province denounce the exploitation of religion to justify political violence and terrorism, as the region faces an Islamist insurgency which has displaced over 800,000 people.
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World Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions to Promote Interfaith Dialogue Announced For 2022
By Admin Webmaster 1/3/2022 11:21:59 AMNUR-SULTAN – The seventh Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be held Sept. 14-15 in 2022 in Nur-Sultan
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Archbishop Tutu, advocate for interreligious dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/3/2022 9:25:50 AMUpon the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “mindful of his service to the Gospel,” as Pope Francis wrote, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue would like to re-present an article he wrote in 1985 for the Pro Dialogo Journal, “World Religion for Human Dignity and World Peace.”
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Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 10/19/2021 9:43:45 AMThe dicasteries of the Holy See as seen from the inside: history, objectives and “mission statement,” how the structures that support the Pope’s ministry function. Interview with the president, Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot.
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Zayed Human Fraternity Award: ‘A call to action to resist spread of hatred’
By Admin Webmaster 10/9/2021 9:35:15 PMThe jury members of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity hold a press conference to share their thoughts on the value of human fraternity and the qualities they are looking for in the person who will be awarded the 2021 prize.
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Grand Imam Al-Tayeb: "Fratelli tutti" important for Muslims too
By Admin Webmaster 10/8/2021 8:38:28 PMThe Grand Imam of Al-Azhar speaks to Vatican Media about his relationship with Pope Francis: "From the first minute of our meeting I had confirmation that he is a man of peace and humanity.
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Pope: Religions reaffirm mission of integral education
By Admin Webmaster 10/5/2021 6:37:41 PMSpeaking at a meeting on “Religions and Education,” Pope Francis repeated the commitment of the various religious traditions of educating the “head, hands, heart, and soul” of each individual.
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Guinea Bissau: Death of the Imam of Mansoa is a blow to Muslims and Christians.
By Admin Webmaster 8/22/2021 6:46:33 PMThe death of Imam Ustas AladjiI Bubacar Djaló of Mansoa is a great loss for Islam in Guinea-Bissau, but also for the Catholic Church, because throughout his life he was a man of peace and dialogue.
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South Sudan: Interreligious efforts directed toward promoting peace
By Admin Webmaster 8/13/2021 8:11:55 PMAmid growing calls for a stop to instances of intercommunal violence in South Sudan’s Tambura region, Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio diocese reflects on an initiative of the country's religious leaders in the service of peace.
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Nigeria: Bishop Badejo’s goodwill message as Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir.
By Admin Webmaster 7/20/2021 9:39:05 AMOn the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir, Nigerian Bishop sends a message of goodwill to Muslims.
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A Moment of Fraternity: Recalling Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq
By Admin Webmaster 6/4/2021 7:17:05 AMChristian and Muslim leaders come together on Thursday for a webinar to share their insights on the Pope’s historic visit to Iraq at the beginning of March.
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“Reasons for Our Hope” project promotes Christian-Muslim dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 6/3/2021 7:28:22 AMThe "Reasons for Our Hope" project, promoted by the Oasis International Foundation and the McGrath Institute for Church Life, aims to help Christians reach “a new understanding of their faith by taking Muslims' questions seriously.”
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Vatican urges Buddhists, Christians to a culture of care and solidarity
By Admin Webmaster 5/26/2021 7:47:51 PMThe Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) releases a message for the Buddhist festival of Vesakh, May 26.
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10 Ways Sikhism Differs From Islam
By Admin Webmaster 5/7/2021 10:10:22 AMWesterners often confuse the ethnicities of people from eastern cultures, especially when there are similarities in appearance. People of the Sikh faith, for example, are very often thought to be Muslims, based on skin color and the fact that Sikhs wear a peaked head turban, called a dastar, that at first glance can look like the kind of turbans wore by some Muslim elders or Afghani Muslims.