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Religion News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the religion facet of life. Religion-News Blog: World-Religion News Pope urges ‘reconciliation’ for world religion meeting - Says religions should never be made vehicles of hate: October 22, 2007
“With respect for the differences between the various religions, we are all called to work for peace and reconciliation among peoples,” Benedict said in the meeting with leading Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Anglican, Orthodox and other Christian figures. The meeting is the largest inter-faith dialogue he has held as pope. “In the face of a world torn by conflicts where violence is sometimes justified in the name of God, it is important to reiterate that religions can never become vehicles of hate,” said the 80-year-old pontiff. “To the contrary, religions can and should offer precious resources to build a peaceful humanity - especially where tensions are strongest, freedom and respect for others is denied and men and women suffer the consequences of intolerance and incomprehension,” he said. Some 200 participants at the annual Sant’Egidio community peace meeting include Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Israel’s chief rabbis Yona Metzger and the imam of the United Arab Emirates, Ibrahim Ezzeddin. Benedict has stressed his commitment to “open and sincere dialogue” with followers of other religions. The Sant’Egidio encounter follows an open letter sent to the pope and other Christian figures by 138 Muslim leaders, both Sunni and Shiite, which urged greater efforts to bring the two religions together. Benedict set Muslim opinion aflame last year in a speech in which he seemed to link Islam with violence, but sought to win hearts and minds during his November 2006 trip to mainly Muslim Turkey. While there, the pope also met Barthomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s 250 million Orthodox Christians. The theme of this year’s peace summit is “A World Without Violence: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue,” with topics to include AIDS, immigration, the plight of Africa and the quest for peace in the Middle East. The pope lunched with Sant’Egidio participants as well as Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Religion News Blog Comment: World religion meeting is not a meeting to design and decide for one single all-encompassing religion for the entire humanity, rather it is an attempt to appease all the antagonistic streams of faith and draw a line of control as to which one can go to how much extent and at what place on earth. They certainly have to invent some sweet sounding slogans as to hide the real intent that they are there for. And then these slogans as religion news will have their moralistic appeal on the psyche of the masses, which they will keep wearing the masks of but never changing their behavior toward the contending religion if and when it comes to affect their personal life as such; like my getting angry with my daughter deciding to marry a boy who doesn't come from my own religion but from an alien one! Such meetings don't really change anything on earth. We need eradicating the very concept of the very need of having a religion at all. Only then shall humans interact with other humans without any condition of faith in between the two, as their fellow human beings on earth. Wanna have some bidding fun with 'World Religion' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: Sign up with AuctionAds as a publisher and receive $25 right now! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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