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Pope calls for Christian, Muslim understanding
JTA News ^ | May 10, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 05/10/2009 6:05:11 AM PDT by VRWCTexan

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Pope Benedict XVI .... calling for more understanding between Christians and Muslims.

He encouraged Christians and Muslims to oppose terrorism. "Muslims and Christians, precisely because of the burden of our common history, so often marked by misunderstanding, must today strive to be known and recognized as worshippers of God, faithful to prayer, eager to uphold and lift by the almighty decrees,"...

...At the mosque, in a meeting with Muslim leaders, he called for a "trilateral dialogue" including the Church to help bring Jews and Muslims together to discuss peace

(Excerpt) Read more at jta.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: b16; benedictxvi; catholic; ecumenism; islam; pope; vatican
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To: blackpacific

Where does revelation come from, and how can it be false?


21 posted on 05/10/2009 1:35:11 PM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: usconservative

Do you think, then, that your mandate is to MAKE people choose Jesus as their Savior, or to share with them your joy and let it be their decision with the Lord’s leading?


22 posted on 05/10/2009 2:21:33 PM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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