Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Pope Francis

scholarly journals A CATHOLIC VIEW OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN THE TIME OF POPE FRANCIS

2019 ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
Mato Zovkić
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Mixed Marriages ◽  
Role Of Religion

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) drew the attention of Catholics to human dignity of non-Christian believers who have right to their religious identity. After the Council Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI established and supported the Pontifical Council for Interreligious dialogue with the task to study other religions as they perceive themselves and to organize friendly encounters with their representatives. Pope Francis, elected on 13 March 2013, brought into his ministry the experience of a Church leader in South America. This is why in his teaching documents, encounters and discourses he points out the social role of religion (Evangelii Gaudium, nos 176-258), the need for preserving environment as our common home (Laudato si, 199-245) and special pastoral care of couples in mixed marriages as believers who can practice interreligious dialogue by persevering in their religious affiliation (Amoris Laetitia, 247-248). On his apostolic journeys to Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Egypt he met representatives of civil authorities and Muslim religious leaders. Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al Tayeb gave him the opportunity to address the Muslim participants at the Peace Conference in Cairo on 28 April 2017. Pope Francis’s acts and speeches can inspire Religious Education teachers in Bosnia and Herzegovina to develop respective religious identities in their students by preserving shared values and introducing them to universal ethics.

scholarly journals Faith Embodied in Attitudes: Ethics of Dialogue and Brotherhood of All People in the ‘Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together’ in Abu Dhabi and the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Denisa Červenková ◽  
Petr Vizina
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
World Peace ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Ethical Approach ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Ethical Approaches ◽  
Specific Culture

This text is concerned with the ethical approach of inter-faith relations and the dialogue of culture in two documents of Pope Francis: ‘On Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together’ and the encyclical Fratelli Tutti. This ethical approach refers to God the Creator of all and the call to brotherhood of all human beings and refers to faith as a response to Revelation. Faith also forms ethical approaches for interreligious dialogue. Pope Francis’ approach in the documents is that the theological truth and values of religious traditions are embodied in attitudes of social friendship. Francis challenges us to build a specific environment that he calls a ‘new culture of dialogue’, having frequently called for the growth of a culture of encounter that is capable of transcending political and social barriers and encourages creating a specific culture of social and ‘political love’.

scholarly journals The Importance of Interreligious Dialogues on Ethics and Law: A Global Percpective

Illuminatio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-203
Author(s):  
Ingeborg Gabriel
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Faith Traditions ◽  
Peace And Reconciliation

The present article pleads for the revival of an interreligious dialogue on ethics and law as an instrument of peace and reconciliation. Whereas the first phase of IRD was marked by a considerable prominence of these topics, the have become of less importance in the second phase. This needs correction for two reasons. Theoretically the rationality of dogmatic or systematic insights (as found in all faith traditions) is largely exclusive, whereas the rationality of ethics, also religiously founded ethics, is basically inclusive. It is therefore open to dialogue. There exists considerable common ground on norms, rules and values between religious traditions, which are to serve humans, the society and the political community. This is of particular importance in today’s multi-religious societies as well as in a world more than ever interconnected by globalization. The article concludes with an analysis of the document on Human Fraternity of Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb and its ethical approach to dialogue.

scholarly journals Migrations and Spirituality in Europe. A Catholic Voice Inspired by the Thought of Pope Francis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-116
Author(s):  
Przemysław Sawa
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Spiritual Gifts ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Religious Issue ◽  
Integral Development ◽  
The Church

Europe has been experiencing crisis caused by migrations, especially from Africa and the Middle East. This is not only an economic problem, but a cultural, social, and religious issue as well. Therefore, a proper approach to migration cannot overlook the broadly understood religiousness and spirituality. Rooted in the Christian experience, Europe cannot ignore the significant message of the Word of God and the teaching of the Church on migration and its various dimensions. Thus, Catholics and other Christians are required to care for their own spirituality, create the culture of coming together that leads to peace, and stay open to ecumenical and interreligious dialogue which fosters exchange of spiritual gifts. Protection of family and support to integral development of human life are special areas where people can join forces and work together. This requires proper formation and being open toGod’s help.

scholarly journals A Encíclica Fratelli Tutti e o diálogo inter-religioso

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (319) ◽  
pp. 280-294
Author(s):  
Wagner Lopes Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Different Dimensions

Este texto tem como pressuposto que o diálogo inter-religioso é uma das chaves de leitura da encíclica Fratelli Tutti, do Papa Francisco. Os objetivos que nortearam a construção do texto foram: refletir sobre a noção de diálogo inter-religioso presente na Fratelli Tutti e apresentar as diversas dimensões do diálogo inter-religioso também presentes na Fratelli Tutti. O artigo mostra que o diálogo inter-religioso perpassa a encíclica e, ao mesmo tempo, que a construção da fraternidade nos tempos atuais exige que as religiões se coloquem em diálogo. Abstract: This text assumes that interreligious dialogue is one of the keys to reading the Fratelli Tutti encyclic, by Pope Francis. The objectives that guided the construction of the text were: to reflect on the notion of interreligious dialogue present in Fratelli Tutti and to present the different dimensions of interreligious dialogue olso present in Fratelli Tutti. The article shows that interreligious dialogue runs through the encyclic and, at the same time, that the construction of fraternity in today’s times requires that religions put themselves in dialogue.

Lived Catholicity

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Kirch
Keyword(s):  
Pope Francis ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The Church

Both Pope Francis and Robert Schreiter recognize that the world has been profoundly affected by conflict, globalization, and the breakdown of relationships on multiple levels. They also assert that the Church must address these situations. The ecclesiologies of both Schreiter and Francis offer effective tools for this work. This article will examine several key, shared concepts within their ecclesiologies. Specifically, their understandings of the missionary nature of the Church and their robust understanding of catholicity prove to be key concepts in the Church's response to a world marred by sin.

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