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cbayer

(146,218 posts)
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:05 PM Mar 2013

Pope Francis calls for intensified dialogue with Muslims

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/03/22/pope-francis-calls-for-intensified-dialogue-with-muslims/

Alessandro Speciale | Mar 22, 2013

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Friday (March 22) called for more intense dialogue between religious leaders, particularly Muslims, as he tries to recalibrate relations between the world’s two largest religious groups.

Speaking in the Vatican’s majestic Sala Regia, the Argentine pontiff said that part of his mission is to connect “all people, in such a way that everyone can see in the other not an enemy, not a rival, but a brother or sister.”

In a meeting with Vatican diplomats and foreign leaders, Francis also reaffirmed the church’s commitment to protect the poor and the environment, an early theme in his young pontificate.

“Fighting poverty, both material and spiritual, building peace and constructing bridges: these, as it were, are the reference points for a journey that I want to invite each of the countries here represented to take up,” the pope said.


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Pope Francis calls for intensified dialogue with Muslims (Original Post) cbayer Mar 2013 OP
charity is definitely common ground for all religions and philosophies. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #1
And there is definitely strength in numbers. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
2. And there is definitely strength in numbers.
Sun Mar 24, 2013, 04:15 PM
Mar 2013

I am really liking his emphasis on reaching out to non-Catholics. Long needed and makes it more likely that we might see some real change.

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