Pope Leo appoints heterodox consultants to Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope Leo XIV confirmed a line of nominations consistent with those made under Pope Francis.
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Articles tagged Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope Leo XIV appoints Cdl. Pizzaballa to Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Cdl. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 60, has been the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020.
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Vatican: Ramadan is for Catholics ‘a school of inner transformation’
In a seemingly ecumenical appeal, the Vatican praised Islamic Ramadan as a means of ‘inner conversion’ and emphasized a parallel with Christian Lent. The message follows Pope Francis’ push for interfaith dialogue, which critics say downplays theological issues.
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Pope Francis plans major inter-faith event for ‘fraternity’ between Catholics and Muslims
Pope Francis has reportedly tasked the Vatican to organize a high-level inter-religious event with Muslims, following a request from the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, who cited Francis’ ‘Fratelli Tutti’ as inspiration for the event.
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Vatican hosts event with Hindus using Fratelli Tutti to promote ‘fraternity-based new humanism’
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue joined forces with Hindus and assorted Christian groups to promote the new form of 'humanism' based on Pope Francis' and Hindu texts.
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Vatican praises atheistic Buddhist ‘compassion’ as ‘antidote to the global crises’
A message from the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue promoted Buddhist philosophy on suffering and equated Buddhist thought with Christianity.
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Vatican’s ‘congratulatory message’ to Muslims calls Ramadan ‘important’ for Christians
The Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue praised the Muslim period of Ramadan as 'important' to Christians in a message which contained no mention of Jesus Christ.
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Here’s why Pope Francis is wrong to say Muslims and Catholics worship the same God
Pope Francis' ecumenical relations with Muslims has become one of the key aspects of his pontificate, yet in doing so he ignores the fundamental fact that ‘Islam in itself is not faith.’
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Pope Francis emphasizes friendliness in religious dialogue over need for conversion
The Church is ‘the Mystical Body of Christ, constituted and commissioned by her Divine Head – to call all men to conversion, not ‘conviviality,’' noted Matt Gaspers of Catholic Family News.
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