As a response to Holy Father Pope Francis asking the faithful to foster dialogue, friendship and peace, religious leaders met in Japan to pray together for the peace of the world. This gathering has been held every August 4 of the year to commemorate a Religious Summit held on Mount Hiei in 1987. The religious summit this year was held in the temple city of Kyoto and at Mount Hiei, the most significant place for the Japanese Buddhist denomination Tendai.
As reported by ucanindia.in, His Excellency Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, secretary of the Vatican-based Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, remarked that “We must increase our awareness that any kind of war is incompatible with true religious ethics.” Further His Grace added, “The dialogue is a necessity rather than an option.”
His Excellency Archbishop Mitsuaki Takami, president of Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan highly stressed for the abolition of nuclear weapons as a new way to foster peace in the whole world.
Source: www.ucanindia.in
