Pontifical Council For Interreligious Dialogue Archives

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.

News

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023

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.

News

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jun 7, 2022

Pope praises document about God willing diversity of religions in ‘interreligious dialogue’ speech

Francis used offensive and erroneous examples to defend the Abu Dhabi pact.

News

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Nov 26, 2019Jun 18, 2021

Pope asks universities to disseminate his claim ‘diversity of religions’ is ‘willed by God’

One critic has called the statement an 'unprecedented heresy of all heresies.'

Blogs

Maike Hickson

• Mar 25, 2019Jun 18, 2021

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Vatican praises atheistic Buddhist ‘compassion’ as ‘antidote to the global crises’

Pope Francis emphasizes friendliness in religious dialogue over need for conversion

Pope praises document about God willing diversity of religions in ‘interreligious dialogue’ speech

Pope asks universities to disseminate his claim ‘diversity of religions’ is ‘willed by God’