Cardinal Tauran rues intolerance, says religion’s true mission is peace

October 30, 2015

In a message to participants in an interfaith meeting at Castel Gandolfo, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue lamented intolerance and violence committed in the name of religion and called for the promotion of a culture of peace.

“You have underlined the multiple challenges of today’s Europe: fear of losing one’s identity leading to radicalism and fundamentalism, tendency to withdrawal in oneself, xenophobia, rising intolerance towards different religious and minorities, increasing tides of forced migration due to wars, dictatorial regimes, and [the] ecological crisis,” Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran told participants in a gathering of Religions for Peace, an interfaith group founded in 1970.

“The true mission of religion is peace because religion and peace go together,” he continued. “No true religious leader can ignore the culture of dehumanization and violence or preach and support it.”

 

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Further information:

• Message of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran to the participants of the Religions for Peace European Assembly on “Welcoming Each Other in Europe: from Fear to Trust” (Holy See Press Office)
• Religions for Peace