Echoing the message from the Vatican by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue the SACBC wishes our Muslim brothers and sisters, especially in Southern Africa, a prayerful and fruitful month of Ramadan. In South Africa Ramadan started on Wednesday 14 April 2021.
In a message talking about Christians and Muslims being witnesses of hope, The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue issued a message on 29 March 2021 to offer a fraternal good wishes for a month of Ramadan, rich in divine blessings and spiritual advancement. The PCID said “The divine assistance that we need and seek, especially in circumstances like those of the current pandemic, is manifold: God’s mercy, pardon, providence and other spiritual and material gifts.”
Vatican City, Apr 15, 2021 / 08:08 am America/Denver (CNA).
The Vatican’s secretary of state on Thursday encouraged nations to pursue arms control and nuclear disarmament as a means to promote peace and fraternity among all people.
In a video message for an online event on fraternity, multilateralism, and peace April 15, Cardinal Pietro Parolin stated that “it is not rhetorical to say that war is the antithesis of fraternity.”
He said the Holy See strongly encourages States to work toward lasting agreements on disarmament and arms control.
“If the affirmation that we are all brothers and sisters is valid, how can nuclear deterrence be the basis of an ethic of fraternity and peaceful coexistence among peoples?” Parolin stated.
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