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Pope to journalists: I prayed for Turkey, for peace, for Christian unity

1 December 2014

Half a century on from the first meeting between a Pope and an Orthodox Patriarch, one of the frequently asked questions at the end of this visit to Turkey is how long will it take before the two Churches are reunited again? A second question that’s been on everyone’s lips in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation is […]

Pope Francis: Interreligious dialogue can help end forms of fundamentalism

28 November 2014

Pope Francis has urged more interreligious dialogue to help bring peace and end all forms of “fundamentalism,terrorism and irrational fears.” His appeal came in a speech to Turkey’s President Erdogan and other top political leaders on the first day of his pastoral visit to the cities of Ankara and Istanbul. In his discourse, the Pope […]

Pontifical Council speaks out against terror in name of religion

12 August 2014

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has issued a statement deploring the upsurge in violence in Iraq, calling on religious leaders, those involved in interfaith dialogue and on all men and women of good will, to unequivocally condemn terror in the name of religion. The Council also calls on religious leaders “to exercise their influence […]

Solemnity of the Annunciation – Nazareth – Israel

5 April 2014

“Let us not fear, the Holy Spirit is coming upon us.” These are the words that His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal spoke during his homily on the Solemnity of the Annunciation on the 25th of March in the Basilica in Nazareth. It was in this church, where since the earliest times Christians have venerated the […]

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