International
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Pope: Reconsider the development of lethal autonomous weapons
By Admin Webmaster 7/11/2024 8:54:11 AMPope Francis sends a message to a Hiroshima conference on "AI Ethics for Peace," emphasising the symbolic importance of discussing peace in a city scarred by atomic tragedy.
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Pope: All people should be free to choose and practice religion
By Admin Webmaster 6/26/2024 7:03:12 PMWelcoming a delegation from the Mosque of the Italian city of Bologna, Pope Francis commends the friendship between Christians and Muslims and calls for all religions to be respected, free from proselytism and impediments.
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Dialogue - you have to be there to understand and be transformed
By Admin Webmaster 6/19/2024 9:54:23 AMFive days of total immersion with about five hundred people from all over the world. Among them rabbis and rabbinas, imams, catholic priests and a minister, Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist monks, as well as Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Baha'i lay people. Young and old: a true kaleidoscope long thought out and, in the end, realized to bear witness, as the title of the conference reads...
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Senegal: Inter-Religious Council for Peace set up
By Admin Webmaster 6/19/2024 9:14:57 AMAn Interfaith Council for Peace has just been established in Senegal. Bringing together representatives of Islam, the Catholic Church, Protestant Churches, and Traditional Religions, the Council’s mission is to anticipate, defuse conflicts and promote peace, social cohesion, reconciliation, and development in Senegal and in West Africa, as a whole.
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Pope: Interreligious Dialogue is necessary in the fight for peace
By Admin Webmaster 6/3/2024 7:17:29 PMPope Francis praises the Focolare Movement for fostering interreligious dialogue and for their efforts in unity, mutual respect, and peacebuilding.
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Pope to Buddhists: 'Let’s work together for a more inclusive world'
By Admin Webmaster 5/27/2024 6:52:07 PMPope Francis receives a delegation of Buddhist monks from the Wat Phra Cetuphon temple (also known as the Wat Pho) of Bangkok, one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand, and encourages them to continue fostering dialogue and cooperation for a better world.
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The Presidents and the Patriarch: Dialogue conference kicks off in Lisbon
By Admin Webmaster 5/16/2024 6:44:53 AMVatican News is in Lisbon, where The Imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca and the Patriarch of Constantinople are speaking at an interreligious convention.
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Former Australian Prime Minister talks of staying true to his faith as hostility to Christianity grows
By Admin Webmaster 5/13/2024 10:02:40 AMFormer Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison openly displays his Christianity
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Christians and Buddhists must walk together 'for the sake of peace'
By Admin Webmaster 5/6/2024 8:06:14 PMThe Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue releases a message of greetings to Buddhists as they commemorate Vesak, the most important Buddhist festival.
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Bishop Martinelli: Interreligious education promotes fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 4/30/2024 5:20:50 AMThe Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia shares his views at a meeting hosted by the Committee of Human Fraternity and the Muslim Council of Elders dedicated to the importance of interreligious education and the promotion of ethical values.
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Pope: Interreligious dialogue fosters peace and respect for diversity
By Admin Webmaster 4/4/2024 8:17:21 PMPope Francis encourages people of all religions to promote diversity, peace, and care of creation, as he meets with participants in the first Colloquium between the Holy See and the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
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Interreligious dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 4/1/2024 9:48:13 AMEvangelizing also means, through dialogue, recognizing and welcoming everything that the Spirit has sown in communities, outside the visible boundaries of the Church.
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The Religious Implications of Shaving in Judaism
By Admin Webmaster 3/27/2024 10:24:24 AMThe laws about shaving in Judaism are diverse and detailed and different communities observe different customs.
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Inter-religious Convention 2023, Faith change-makers: Affirming human dignity, justice, and freedom for all
By Admin Webmaster 3/25/2024 10:17:01 AMThe Inter-religious Convention 2023, Faith change-makers: Affirming human dignity, justice, and freedom for all, brings together members of different faiths and faith organizations, in collaboration with civil society, intergovernmental organizations, academia and knowledge institutions to strengthen the inherent dignity of all people.
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Message for Ramadan encourages working together for world peace
By Admin Webmaster 3/15/2024 8:40:01 PM"Let us join in extinguishing the fires of hatred, violence and war, and instead light the gentle candle of peace." These words underscore the appeal of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue in its Message for the Month of Ramadan and ‘Id Al-Fitr to our Muslim brothers and sisters. The message calls on Christians as well to work together for peace, the respect and protection of human life.
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Catholics and Confucians have ‘so much to learn from each other’
By Admin Webmaster 3/8/2024 9:28:15 PMAs scholars gather in New Taipei City to discuss Catholic-Confucian dialogue, Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, Under-Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, shares his hopes for the conference, and discusses the relationship between these ancient traditions.
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Press Release: Interfaith Roundtable Dialogue on Ending Femicide and other Forms of GBV in Kenya
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2024 10:09:11 AMThe alarming rise in femicide cases in Kenya
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Niwano Peace Prize goes to Mohammed Abu-Nimer, a Palestinian advocate for peace and interfaith dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2024 9:39:49 AMThe 2024 Niwano Peace Prize, the “Nobel Prize for Religions" was given to a Sufi Muslim.
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Religious leaders from countries at war: respect the sacredness of lives and places of worship
By Admin Webmaster 2/26/2024 8:59:01 AMThe appeal contained in the final declaration of the Peace Round Table that brought together Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Jews in Tokyo on the initiative of Religions for Peace.
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Pope: peace requires knowing others, listening and intellectual flexibility
By Admin Webmaster 2/5/2024 10:35:47 AMPope Francis addresses a message to participants in the 4th International Congress of the University Research Platform on Islam, held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the joint Declaration on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together on 4 February 2019.
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Pope: May human fraternity guide us beyond hatred and war
By Admin Webmaster 2/4/2024 7:45:22 PMMarking the 5th anniversary of the Document on Human Fraternity Pope Francis highlights how the absence of fraternal solidarity in today’s world causes environmental destruction and social degradation and he calls on society to spread the values of social friendship embodied by the three winners of the Zayed Prize 2024, all "inspired by religious beliefs."
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Bishop Martinelli recalls fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' Abu Dhabi visit
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 8:09:57 PMFive years after Pope Francis' historic visit to Abu Dhabi marking the first-ever Apostolic Journey to the Arabian Peninsula, and the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity, the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, Bishop Paolo Martinelli, thanks God for the Pope's closeness to the 'pilgrim Church of migrants'.
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Holy See Mission celebrates World Day of Peace with prayer gathering in Geneva
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 9:25:29 PMThe Holy See’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva gathers members of the international community and representatives of different religions “to reflect on the precious gift of peace.”
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Religious leaders and actors championing Genocide Convention, says UN group
By Admin Webmaster 1/29/2024 9:08:56 AMThe Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has hosted a side event with religious leaders and actors at the UN headquarters in New York, on the genocide convention.
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Seventh Buddhist-Christian Colloquium kicks off in Bangkok
By Admin Webmaster 11/14/2023 11:51:39 AMThe Seventh Buddhist-Christian Colloquium themed “Karunā and Agape in Dialogue for Healing a Wounded Humanity and the Earth,” is taking place from 13-16 November 2023, at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Pope to UAE Sikhs: Faith and service are intimately linked
By Admin Webmaster 11/12/2023 6:31:04 AMAhead of Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Dubai, the Holy Father receives members of the Sikh Delegation from Guru Nanak Darbar of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and encourages them to continue their selfless service which leads to God.
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Vatican’s Deepavali message: Interreligious collaboration essential for peacebuilding
By Admin Webmaster 11/8/2023 9:18:48 AMThe Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well-wishes to those celebrating the feast of Deepavali, and invites Christians and Hindus to "join hands" for peace.
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Global faith leaders call for urgent action on climate change
By Admin Webmaster 11/7/2023 9:16:44 AMRepresentatives the the world’s religions have signed an appeal calling for political leaders at next month’s COP28 climate summit to take meaningful action to respond to the urgent crisis of climate change.
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Pope in Mongolia: May religions cultivate dialogue, harmony, hope
By Admin Webmaster 9/3/2023 9:24:24 PMPresiding over an ecumenical and interreligious event in Mongolia, Pope Francis insists that religions have a great responsibility, and encourages religious leaders to pursue dialogue and harmony while avoiding scandal.
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Pope Francis holds series of interreligious encounters in Lisbon
By Admin Webmaster 8/4/2023 10:38:54 PMPope Francis engages in a series of interreligious and ecumenical encounters in Lisbon, and calls on everyone to promote fraternity and care for the spiritual well-being of young people.