Benedict XVI and Interfaith reconciliation | October 21, 2007
Pope urges 'reconciliation' for world religion meeting
Posted: 21 October 2007 2322 hrs
NAPLES, Italy: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged "reconciliation among peoples" ahead of a religious summit in Naples.
The meeting is the largest inter-faith dialogue he has held as pope.
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.
In a dramatic gesture, the pontiff assumed an attitude of Muslim prayer while standing beside Istanbul's Grand Mufti Mustafa Cagrici in Istanbul's Blue Mosque.
While there, the pope also met Barthomew I, spiritual leader of the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians.
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