The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions is going down in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan. The chief of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, is attending as a part of his three-day seek advice from to the rustic at the side of different non secular leaders.
Chaired by way of Kazakh President Kasssym-Jomart Tokayev on the Independent Palace, one of the vital targets of this congress is to advertise peace via discussion.
“Kazakh lands have served as a bridge between the West and the East for centuries. It has witnessed various nomadic empires passing through the great steppe. The common point for all of them was religion and belief,” stated Tokayev.
During the two-day congress, individuals will center of attention at the position of spiritual leaders in a post-pandemic global.
“It’s absolutely necessary to have a dialogue on the challenges of this world and to have a strong, collective call for peace and justice in this world as well”, stated Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
This 12 months’s congress brings in combination delegates from greater than 50 nations representing other global religions.
“The key for peace today in this unstable world is to engage, to talk, to be together, to try to understand each other, to know personally each other and that’s what can bring people together,” stated Aron Frenkel, the chairman of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
Professor Azza Karam, the Secretary General of Religions for Peace, stated: “The most important thing that is being achieved here is to normalise the conversation between different religions through their religious leaders, it is to make it popular and important for religious leaders to come together as one, which is very rare we don’t see it very frequently.
“But it necessarily normalises the gap of convening between other religions and in our instances and in our global it’s essential.”
Some of the individuals stated the pandemic has proven how hooked up human beings are, stressing that that is one thing many appear to fail to remember.
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