Pope Francis and Indonesian Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar yesterday, 5 September 2024, signed a joint declaration calling on religious leaders to deepen their cooperation in order to defend human dignity and fight climate change. The document, “Joint Declaration of Istiqlal 2024: Fostering Religious Harmony for the Sake of Humanity”, identifies climate change and dehumanisation as two serious crises facing the world today and states that interreligious dialogue is an effective tool for solving both local and global conflicts...
"Indeed, religious values should be directed towards promoting a culture of respect, dignity, compassion, reconciliation and fraternal solidarity in order to overcome both dehumanisation and environmental destruction.” Read the complete article here Source: CathNews/NCR Comments are closed.
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