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July 18, 2018

The Church's office of camerlengo now vacant

French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announces "Habemus papam!" (We have a pope!) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in 2013 at the Vatican. Cardinal Tauran, 75, died July 5 in the United States.
VATICAN – With the July 5 death of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the office of camerlengo is now vacant. A sensitive position, above all in the period between the death of a pope and the election of his successor, the Church awaits Pope Francis’ nomination of a new camerlengo.
Published in Vatican
April 24, 2017

Buddhists, Christians must help promote nonviolence, cardinal says

Pope Francis greets a Buddhist monk during a Nov. 3, 2016 audience with religious leaders at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Buddhists must strengthen efforts to reject violence in all of its forms as well as to urge and educate people in a life of nonviolence, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Published in Vatican
February 18, 2016

Vatican invites head of al-Azhar to meet with pope to restart dialogue

In this Dec. 29, 2013, file photo, Egyptian students look out the windows of a faculty building at Cairo's al-Azhar University one day after student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood set it on fire in Cairo, Egypt. The Vatican's interreligious council invited Ahmad el-Tayeb, the grand imam of al-Azhar University, to travel to the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's interreligious council invited the head of a leading Muslim institution to meet with Pope Francis as part of an effort to restart dialogue.

Published in Vatican
October 20, 2014

Christians, Hindus must seek 'culture of inclusion,' Vatican says

Hindu holy men shout slogans and block a road during a protest against alleged violence against Hindus in Jammu, India, July 19. Leaders of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said Hindus and Christians must work for a "culture of inclusio n for a just and peaceful society."

VATICAN CITY - Despite its many positive advancements, globalization also has brought about greater indifference, exploitation and suffering, said the leaders of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Published in Faith