Women who are committed to interfaith dialogue: Francisco, evidence and masters

Elena Dini – Vatican City

Among the different expressions of condolences by Pope Francis, who came from all over the world, there is also a group of women from different confessions, themes, academics, representatives of organizations or associations, and the leaders of their societies, who met at a conference organized in the network. When the Pope died, the desire to celebrate soon became a procedure and published a message.

Francisco and women

“As women of different religious traditions,” they write, “we join a spirit of deep respect and gratitude to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis. In the years of his service, they defended and emphasized spiritual dignity, his leadership, and to return women in religious societies around the world. To women from all religious traditions.”

Commitment to dialogue between religions

Indunil Janakarathne Kodithuwaku Kankanamalage, Dicastery Secretary for Religion Dialogue, remembers the event that these women presented in January 2023: Conferences of Women’s Women Constitutions on a Culture of Advanced Confiscation, an initiative between flowers. “We have noticed,” Kodithuwaku Kankanamalage explained, “Women are not adequately represented in the dialogue tables. In 2017, our General Assembly association dealt with the issue of the role of women in education for the global brotherhood, and they are more suspicious of the divinities – more disturbing the divinities – that were settled more than cancellation. From life, but it is not certain that they do not apply their skills in The field of theological dialogue and spiritual dialogue.

Personal memories

At the conference, the speakers met with the Pope on January 26, 2023. This, he left a deep impression on the participants. “I clearly remember that he gave me strong hands and a joyful smile. “It was a sample of extreme humility,” says Ruth McKeura, from Malawi, who adds to me as a crucial moment in my life. “Christie Chang, the former president of the International Association of Buddhists, Sakadita, from Taiwan, remembers how the Pope made a joke about an Idaram image of the text that was showing to it:“ We laughed both, and the cameras seized the moment that remained in my heart. “

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“Pope Francis was not limited to talking or writing about women, he has spent specifically,” says Alyssa Wahid, director of the Gusduri Network in Indonesia. From Israel, Rabbi Tamar Justice-Abelbum remembers: “The Pope insisted that the leadership of a woman is important to stop hatred and destruction and create the language of faith and responsibility. We tell us that. He insisted on the personal blessing of each of us, the religion and the country from which we move, and honor our contribution. With pain, gratitude and solidarity.”