Posted on 05/04/2023 10:53:18 AM PDT by ebb tide
By Francesca Merlo
Addressing participants at the VI Colloquium between the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Pope Francis encouraged each member, noting that with this being their sixth encounter, their perseverance is clear.
The theme of the colloquium, "Creative Commonalities between Christianity and Islam", the Pope said, reflects how “each of us is like the link in a long chain: many people have preceded us on the beautiful and challenging road of encounter and friendship, others will follow us, as we hope and pray, confirming that feeling of brotherhood that is the foundation of relations between peoples”.
Pope Francis then went on to express his appreciation and gratitude to King Abdullah II of Jordan for his attention to the Christian communities not only of his own country but also to those of the Middle East generally, “particularly in times marked by conflict and violence”.
The Royal Institute for Interreligious Studies, the Pope continued, “has among its main objectives the preservation and enhancement of the Arab Christian heritage”. In this regard, “I can only express further gratitude, because this not only benefits the Christian citizens of yesterday and today, but also protects and consolidates this heritage throughout the Middle East, so diverse and rich in ethnicities, religions, cultures, languages, and traditions”.
Bringing his message to a close, the Pope noted that the dialogue practiced and promoted requires a style of sincerity and mutual respect if it is to be fruitful, and requires “an awareness of both convergences and divergences”. He spoke of compassion for all, before adding that “we also believe that not everything ends with death, but that there is another life, eternal, where we will give account to God for our actions and receive reward or punishment”.
Finally, the Pope noted that “our common commitment is to a good life” and this, he concluded, “gives glory to God and joy to all those we meet on our earthly pilgrimage”.
The guy is a full blown apostate.
Ping
Francis the Heretic
If it weren’t for the Orthodox barring the way of the Ottomans, the Vatican would today be a Muslim “holy ground”.
I AM SOOO GLAD I LEFT THE LATIN CHURCH! See ya Frank!!!
Sure, they just have a slightly different set of implementation concepts.
F him
Nope. islam is only good for muslims and seeks to convert, enslave or kill all infidels. True.
...ya mean it isn’t?
Moving towards One World religion.
“Creative commonalities” sounds like a term created by a bad AI program. Most of these modernist phrases are basically nonsensical. They can mean anything an apostate or heretic wishes them to be.
So you are an apostate from the Catholic Church, just like Bergoglio?
(The guy is a full blown apostate.)
Absolutely FN right.
They'll give you flying lessons...when they toss you off a rooftop.
So-called “Pope” Francis is a heretic and therefore invalid. Sede vacante.
OK Francis. What about the afterlife? Will we see Muslims in Heaven even if they don’t accept Jesus Christ?
What kind of drugs are you doing, Francis?!
Slitting the throats of a dozen men on a beach for an internet video isn’t “good life”
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