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.
On Monday, Pope Francis greets a delegation from the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, accompanied by a delegation from the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. Source: Vatican News.
A delegation of rabbis and activists from the United States, headed by Rabbi Chaim Baruch Gluck and Louis Scheiner, met today with the Pope at Vatican
God promised the Holy Land to the people of Israel, Pope Francis said during a public address at the Vatican in Rome on Wednesday in a speech about migration. “The people of Israel, who from Egypt, where they were enslaved, walked through the desert for forty years until they reached the land promised by God,” Read More
The Sisters of Sion of Toronto have organized an event on the YEAR OF MERCY (Christian, Jewish and Muslim perspectives). Pope Francis encourages that this JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY be a time of ongoing DIALOGUE for all of us so that we might know and understand one another better and work to bring a better world Read More
Last Sunday (January 17) the Pope Francis visited the Great Synagogue of Rome. This visit took place on Judaism Day established by the Italian Bishops’ Conference CEI. Francisco is the third pope to visit the Great Synagogue of Rome, following St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Check out the video with footage of the Read More
Yesterday (January 6), the official Vatican channel on You-tube posted a special message from Pope Francisco urging all faithful believers (Catholics or not) to come together to promote dialogue and fraternal communion. “Among this crowd, this variety of religions there is only one certainty we have for all: we are all children of God,” the Read More
Dear Friends, I am pleased to greet you during your visit to the Vatican. My predecessors met with delegations of B’nai B’rith International on several occasions, and today I offer you my welcome with renewed respect and affection.Your organization has enjoyed relations with the Holy See since the promulgation of the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate. Read More
On 30 June, Pope Francis received in audience the participants in the international congress promoted by the International Council of Christians and Jews, held in Rome from 28 June to 1 July on the theme “The fiftieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate: the past, present and future of relations between Jews and Christians”. The Pope expressed Read More
