Posted on 04/04/2024 6:36:34 PM PDT by ebb tide
The Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held their First Colloquium in Rome this week, capped with a papal audience on Thursday.
In his address to participants, Pope Francis thanked the Republic of Kazakhstan for promoting interreligious dialogue, calling the Colloquium a “first important fruit” of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Dicastery and the Nazarbayev Centre.
He also recalled his Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan on September 13-15, 2022, during which he took part in the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana.
Turning to the work of the Colloquium, the Pope highlighted three aspects of their work: “respect for diversity, commitment to our ‘common home,’ and the promotion of peace.”
He spoke first about the importance of respecting diversity, calling it an “indispensable element in democracy” that helps people live in harmony.
Kazakh society, he said, embraces a “healthy secularity” that does not confuse religion and politics but recognizes the role religion plays in serving society’s common good.
“Peace and social harmony,” he added, “are fostered in your model by fair and equitable treatment of different ethnic, religious and cultural components with regard to employment, access to public services and participation in the political and social life of the Nation, so that no one feels discriminated against or favoured because of his or her specific identity.”
Pope Francis went on to emphasize the need to preserve creation, calling it an “indispensable consequence of love for the Creator,” for our neighbors, and future generations.
He praised the Congress for offering an important contribution to stemming the environmental crisis.
Interreligious dialogue, noted the Pope, also helps to promote peace, especially in a time when “bellicose rhetoric has sadly come back into fashion.”
Hateful words lead to people dying in war, he said. “We need instead to speak of peace, to dream of peace, to give creativity and substance to hopes for peace, for these are the real hopes of individuals and of peoples,” he said. “Every effort should be made to do so, in dialogue with everyone.”
In conclusion, Pope Francis encouraged the work of the Colloquium, expressing his hopes that it might offer an example of how to see people of other religions as a “valued partner for reciprocal growth.”
“It is my hope,” he concluded, “that you make the most of these days of fraternity, rich with friendship and promising plans for the future, and fruitfully share the results of your work.”
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He praised the Congress for offering an important contribution to stemming the environmental crisis.
No mention of Jesus Christ or salvation.
To paraphrase Madonna, Bergoglio's a material pope living in a material world.
Ping
One man’s peace and understanding among religions is another man’s unified global religion.
The Poope is a commie.
He speaks drivel.
Learning what other people believe can lead to you understanding each other better. That can lead to peace between two different groups and perhaps the two groups can respect each other's boundaries not trying to change each other's beliefs.
This is great, if you are a political leader.
But I thought the Bishop of Rome was suppose to be about promoting Christianity? Not politics? Unity not diversity?
One is not obliged to respect false beliefs.
Tolerate, maybe; but “respect” - no.
One World Religion
Does His Holiness ever actually read the Bible?
Matthew 10:34 for example.
There is a huge mosque in Rome.
There are no churches anywhere in Saudi Arabia.
So evidently this “respect for diversity” thing is a one-way street.
Is this the pope who ends up being the false prophet?
Peace or the peace of Christ?
“Diversity” is dog-whistle for “no white people allowed.”
May I point out that when “false beliefs” lead to mass killings, something is wrong?
C.f. the 1404 year war of Islam against everybody else.
People really need to stop calling this pos anti-pope, “Pope”. Never has been, never will be Pope. Squatting in the seat, destroyer.
The road to Hell is wide and paved with judgment-free toleration. The Pope is just wishing the Hell-bound a pleasant journey.
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