Pope Francis: Never err in
seeking dialogue
Pope Francis greeted members of the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) following the General
Audience, telling them dialogue is the better way to build tolerance and
respect between religions.
Pope Francis took time at the end of his General Audience
Wednesday to greet members of the International Jewish Committee for
Interreligious Consultations that is holding its twenty-fourth meeting which
the Pope described as being like a “general assembly of all those
professionally engaged in Jewish-Catholic dialogue.”
The fruits of Nostra Aetate
In written remarks handed to the Committee members, the
Pontiff recalled that from the promulgation of Nostra Aetate (Declaration on
the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second
Vatican Council) until now, Jewish-Catholic dialogue has borne good fruit.
We share a rich spiritual patrimony, he said, that can and must be ever
more esteemed and appreciated as we grow in mutual understanding, fraternity
and shared commitment on behalf of others.”
Key issues
Pope Francis noted that this meeting included a number of
key issues. It is fitting, he said, “that you deal with timely issues such as
our approach to refugees and how best to help them, the fight against the
troubling recrudescence of anti-Semitism, and concern for the persecution of
Christians in various parts of the world.”
Co-operation to build climate of tolerance and respect
The Pope also offered words of encouragement, saying, that
“dialogue is the way to better understand one another and to work together in
building a climate not only of tolerance but also of respect between
religions.”
Our strength, he added, “is the gentle strength of
encounter, not of the extremism emerging in certain quarters today, which leads
only to conflict. One never errs in seeking dialogue.”
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