International
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Abrahamic Family House welcomes UAE residents, visitors for worship
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2023 6:28:41 AMThe Abrahamic Family House offers a tranquil haven for the faithful of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to worship in Abu Dhabi and engage in interreligious dialogue.
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Vatican message for Ramadan urges promoting culture of friendship
By Admin Webmaster 3/24/2023 8:31:46 PMThe Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue releases message for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and Id al-Fitr, urging both Christians and Muslims worldwide to join in building a “more peaceful, harmonious and joyful coexistence” as opposed to “a culture of hate” fuelled today by social media.
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Pope to Buddhists: Religions play crucial role in fostering fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 3/16/2023 7:56:50 PMPope Francis receives a delegation of the United Association of Humanistic Buddhism of Taiwan and highlights the crucial role of religions in fostering fraternity by promoting a culture of encounter.
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Pope: Chistians and Muslims must be witnesses of truth and love in world scarred by war
By Admin Webmaster 3/15/2023 8:34:31 AMPope Francis sends a letter to the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, spiritual leader of Iraqi Shiites in which he recalls their fruitful meeting two years ago during the papal visit to Iraq and encourages him to promote fraternity among believers as a concrete response to today's challenges.
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Pope Francis: Jerusalem holds universal spiritual value
By Admin Webmaster 3/9/2023 8:24:23 PMPope Francis greets participants in an interreligious dialogue group between the Holy See and Palestine, and recalls the universal value of Jerusalem for the three major monotheistic religions.
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Holy See and Sultanate of Oman establish full diplomatic relations
By Admin Webmaster 2/24/2023 8:22:55 AMThe newly established diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Sultanate of Oman are based on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961 that envisages an Apostolic Nunciature to the Sultanate of Oman and an Embassy to the Holy See. The Catholic Church in Oman through its priests and religious wishes to continue contributing to the social welfare of the Sultanate.
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<div class=noidunghover><p class=tieudehover>Abu Dhabi’s Abrahamic Family Home opens, the first outcome of the pope`s visit</p></div>");' onmouseout="hidetip();">Abu Dhabi’s Abrahamic Family Home opens, the first outcome of the pope's visit By Admin Webmaster 2/17/2023 9:07:19 AM A solemn interfaith ceremony was held this afternoon in Abu Dhabi, marking the opening of the Abrahamic Family House, a complex that represents a milestone in interfaith dialogue in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the memory of Pope Francis's visit is very much alive.
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India’s religious leaders hail drive against child marriage
By Admin Webmaster 2/15/2023 9:26:37 AMReligious leaders, including Christians, have hailed the move to curb child marriages in India's northeastern
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Yogyakarta: Islamic university awards honorary doctorate to Card Guixot
By Admin Webmaster 2/15/2023 8:47:54 AMThe State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga honoured the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in a ceremony yesterday in the presence of several Catholic and Muslim officials who spoke about Indonesia’s particular religious and social characteristics.
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Diplomats, faith leaders urged to advance religious tolerance
By Admin Webmaster 2/8/2023 10:04:40 AMUN's World Interfaith Harmony Week stresses the need to advance mutual understanding and promote harmony among all people
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Pakistan mosque blast scares Christians
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2023 11:15:13 AMNobody is safe, says one Peshawar Christian as calls ring out for greater protection after bomber kills at least 101 people
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Pope addresses Zayed prize-winners and encourages interreligious dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/5/2023 9:03:06 AMPope Francis addresses the winners of the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity, and tells them that fraternity can be reached, and peace obtained, but that it is a long journey.
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Vatican hosts conference on women and interreligious encounter
By Admin Webmaster 1/25/2023 7:36:10 AMThe Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is set to host a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter, on 25-27 January.
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Pope to Buddhists: Dialogue can foster ecological conversion
By Admin Webmaster 1/19/2023 9:53:38 PMPope Francis greets a delegation of Buddhists from Cambodia, and encourages interreligious dialogue as a way to cultivate ecological responsibility.
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Sheikh Hasina to Christians for Christmas: 'Thank you for your contribution'
By Admin Webmaster 12/26/2022 9:43:26 AMThe premier's meeting with the tiny community in an overwhelmingly Muslim country.
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Thirty years after the attack, Ayodhya remains a hotbed of religious intolerance
By Admin Webmaster 12/7/2022 9:19:05 AMIndia today marked the 30th anniversary of an event that has sadly epitomised the recent history of relations between the country's religious communities.
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A delegation from Rabbinical Seminary of Latin America received by Pope Francis
By Admin Webmaster 12/7/2022 8:52:44 AMPope Francis received in audience a delegation from the Rabbinical Seminary of Latin America.
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Pope receives delegation of World Jewish Congress
By Admin Webmaster 11/30/2022 8:39:03 AMPope Francis received in private audience a delegation of the World Jewish Congress for the organization’s Executive Committee Meeting.
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Iraqi academic: Pope Francis points way forward for dialogue between Sunnis and Shiites
By Admin Webmaster 11/23/2022 9:26:17 AMThe pontiff's trip to Bahrain and two inter-religious forums have re-energised discussion between different faiths and within Islam.
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Cardinal Ayuso: dialogue as an “existential skill"
By Admin Webmaster 11/16/2022 8:43:11 AMThe Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue is happy to note the continuity in Muslim-Christian relations, and the importance of dialogue that he describes as an “existential skill”.
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Pope in Bahrain: Prayer and fraternity are our modest but effective weapons
By Admin Webmaster 11/5/2022 7:19:58 AMPope Francis encourages members of the Muslim Council of Elders in Bahrain to embrace fraternity, prayer and common efforts to help humanity rediscover the hidden sources of life, foster peace and promote care of the disadvantaged in society.
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Cardinal Ayuso: world needs intereligious dialogue for peace
By Admin Webmaster 11/4/2022 8:23:42 PMAs the two-day "Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence" wraps up with Pope Francis’ intervention on Friday, Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, highlights the importance of these interreligious events to foster human fraternity and peace in a war-torn world.
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Pope at Bahrain Dialogue Forum: Religious leaders have duty to help humanity
By Admin Webmaster 11/4/2022 4:19:39 PMAt the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue, Pope Francis speaks out against war, and for true religious freedom, recognizing women, protecting children's fundamental rights, and on the concept of citizenship.
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Pope Francis leads appeal for peace together with Christian and world religious leaders
By Admin Webmaster 11/2/2022 9:12:47 AMPope Francis presided over an ecumenical service with Christian leaders
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Pope, religious leaders launch appeal: 'No more war and universal ceasefire'
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2022 8:14:17 AMAs war plagues the world, Pope Francis and religious leaders make an adamant appeal for a universal ceasefire, as part of the Community of Sant’Egidio's prayer for peace to mark the closing of its 36th 'Spirit of Assisi' event at Rome's Colosseum.
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Pope at Spirit of Assisi: God's name 'cannot bless terror and violence'
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2022 8:13:51 AMAt the Community of Sant'Egidio's 'Cry for Peace' at the Colosseum, Pope Francis reiterates that religions cannot be used for war, and calls for nations to defuse conflicts with the weapon of dialogue.
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Vatican's Diwali message: May Christians and Hindus work together for peace
By Admin Webmaster 10/18/2022 8:50:14 AMThe Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well-wishes to people celebrating the feast of Deepavali, and invites Christians and Hindus to work together for peace in a divided world.
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Pope Francis picks Bahrain to relaunch dialogue with Islam and the East
By Admin Webmaster 10/3/2022 8:47:03 AMFrom 3 to 6 November, the pontiff will visit a country in the Vicariate of North Arabia for the first time
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Archbishop Peña Parra speaks on Human Fraternity, inaugurates new nunciature
By Admin Webmaster 9/26/2022 9:11:53 AMThe Archbishop offered insights on the Document’s importance “in the context of interreligious dialogue and in the life” of East Timor.
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Vatican official: 'Pope's Kazakhstan visit will foster hope and interreligious dialogue'
By Admin Webmaster 9/16/2022 9:31:34 PMIn an interview at the end of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan, Msgr. Khaled Boutros Akasheh insists that the Pope's presence in Nur-Sultan has offered a meaningful contribution to the efforts of interreligious dialogue, which offer hope as war in Ukraine and elsewhere continue to afflict humanity.