Pope Francis sends letter to interfaith prayer meeting
in Japan
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| Pope francis meets Venerable Koei Morikawa in the Vatcan on 16 September 2016.-OSS_ROM |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter to the
30th Prayer Meeting on Mount Hiei in Kyoto, Japan, inviting all religions to
“pray and work together for peace”.
“It is my pleasure to send my cordial greetings to you and
to the distinguished representatives of the different religious traditions,” he
wrote.
The Pope’s letter was delivered and read to participants by
Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop-emeritus of Hong Kong.
It was addressed to Venerable Koei Morikawa, the Supreme
Priest of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, with whom Pope Francis met privately
in the Vatican on September 16, 2016.
“This annual religious summit contributes in a special way
to the building up of that spirit of dialogue and friendship which allows the
followers of the world’s religions to work together to open new paths for peace
in our human family.”
Pope Francis also said prayer “inspires and sustains our
efforts for peace, because it helps to deepen our reciprocal respect for each
other as persons, strengthens the bonds of love between us, and spurs us to
make decisive efforts towards promoting just relations and fraternal
solidarity.”
The annual prayer meeting closes on 6 August in
commemoration of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
(Devin Sean Watkins)
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