Not unique? Since 1978, we've had 9-11, countless murders of Christians by the Islamists, terrorist attacks at home and abroad and you think the same message to these savages today is not unique in it's shear stupidity?
Continuous post-Vatican II race to the bottom. The current papacy seems to be a total inversion of the papacy of St. Pius X.
unique: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else:
The Council for Inter-religious dialogue has been issuing these statements since 1978 (at least).
For example, the statement issued in 2001 (after 9/11, btw) stated:
1. I am writing to you again this year on the occasion of the end of Ramadan to assure you that I share the joy you must feel at having completed the fast and come to the celebration of 'Id al-Fitr. I address this message to you as a sign of esteem and friendship on the part of the Catholic Church. Many Muslims write to us in reply to this annual message, to express their gratitude, but also to share their point of view on the reflections it proposes. We are sure that the positive reactions are not limited to those sent to us, but could also be found in many local situations where Muslims and Christians live and work together.
In addressing you at this moment, the end of the period in which you have been fulfilling a specific religious duty in order to come closer to the Most High, I cannot forget, in the first place, the dramatic events which our world is experiencing, events which affect in a particular way the hearts of believers belonging to the monotheistic religions. The faithful adorers of the One God are called to be in the world the artisans of a civilisation founded on the perennial values of peace and justice, of unity and love, of dialogue and freedom, of cooperation and fraternity, between persons and among peoples. May expressions of solidarity and fraternity among believers and all people of good will lead society along new paths, in full respect for human values and in the promotion of these values.
In other words, this is something that the Post Vatican II Roman Curia has done every year. It is NOT an innovation by Bergoglio. It is something that has been done under the auspices of Montini, Wojtyła, and Ratzinger before him.