Religious leaders support the Pope in his commitment to peace

Elena Dini – Vatican City

“Together, like one person, like all brothers, let’s walk towards God and love each other.” With these words, Pope Liu fourteenth concluded his sermon during the Mass at the beginning of his service in Petro, which was held on Sunday, May 18. In this matter, he called to host the proposal of Christ’s love as a way to follow up “between us, but also with the churches of Christian sisters, all over the world follow with them, who are seeking with them to confront God, with all women and men of good will.”

There were many delegations from other religions in the celebration, which carefully listened to the words of the new ink and received at a hearing yesterday morning, along with representatives of other churches and ecclesiastical societies.

“The desire to participate in the Mass has been expressed to start the fourteenth Pontef Bob Liu by Buddhist actors, Hindus, Genetic and Sikhs, as well as by Muslims, who have been strengthened by the dialogue for decades.”

On the one hand, this fraternal and friendly presence can be understood as mature fruit for sixty years of interfaith dialogue with it. Our time. However, on the other hand, the deep desire of believers in other religions to share with Catholics, the first steps of the path that this new Pope of the Church and the Global Society of the entire believers “will not be amazed by a comprehensive desire.

Voices of other religions representatives

Indeed, the atrium in Basilica, on May 18, became a mosaic of colors thanks to the traditional costumes of various religious societies. “We have lost Pope Francis, a valuable man, and we want to work with the new Pope, who talked about peace from the first moment, which is a major topic of the Islamic World League, which maintains strong and lasting relations with the Vatican,” said Abdulaziz Saharan, adviser and coordinator in the Muslim World League against the quiet League.

“The world faces multiple challenges and we must face them together. No religious society can do this on its own, but United can cooperate for peace,” said Malcolm Debu, head of the Zoroastrian Fund in Europe. He stressed the importance of being present in this beginning of Pontificate to really contribute to building the “bridges” mentioned by Pope Liu XIII already since his first appearance after the elections.

In the same manner, Rabbi Mark Dratch, Chairman of the International Jewish Committee for Religions (IJCIC), one of the main Jewish entities in the dialogue with the Vatican. Remember the rabbi how, from the statement Our timeThe relationship between Catholics and Jews has evolved positively in terms of brotherhood, respect and mutual understanding. He said: “We hope that we will develop our relationship with Pope Lyon and strengthen relations between our societies, not only from the institutional dome, but also from the seats of our gatherings, so that the believers between the two sides are known and valuable.”

Attention to those who live on the margins

The balance between the inheritance of the past and the hopes of the future is the key to living with the fullness of this moment of the transition crossed by the Church. “I was deeply Brahma KumaresAugust for decades in the field of religions and with a long path of meetings with the Pope.

Before the audience, he participated: “I want to express my best wishes for Pope Lyon and tell him that, on his mission in service for humanity, we will be next to him to support him.”

Reverend Mitsuo Norbano, the head of the Buddhist organization, Risho Kossi-Kay and the granddaughter of Nikku Nikano-one of the non-Christian observers present in the second Council in the Vatican, 60 years before the appearance to send a clear message to the new Pope: “We will walk after him.”

He explained that “the form of dialogue can change over time and social changes, but the dialogue continues.” In fact, he added: “If it is necessary to search for common points, today we can accept our differences, and though, work for peace.”

A modest and tangible dialogue

“Yes, as the proverb says,” is known today in the morning ” – or in this case, because the set of election day – there is no doubt that religious dialogue will be one of the priorities of the missionary commitment to this Pontfakad.” “In the short term, it seems that Pope Liu XIV wants to embody spirituality from humble, concrete and prophetic dialogue, capable of creating bridges without giving up identity. The Pope listens, welcomes and walks with others.”