Pope Francis has told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war. popefrancis russia ukraine kprc2 click2houston world
Pope Francis meets with Metropolitan Anthony, right, in charge of foreign relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, at the '7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022. Pope Francis is on the second day of his three-day trip to Kazakhstan.
“If the creator, to whom we have devoted our lives, is the author of human life, how can we who call ourselves believers consent to the destruction of that life?” he asked. “Mindful of the wrongs and errors of the past, let us unite our efforts to ensure that the Almighty will never again be held hostage to the human thirst for power.”
Kirill sent a message to the congress read aloud by Anthony. In it, the Russian patriarch didn't refer to the war but in general to problems over the past two decades caused by “attempts to build a world without relying on moral values.” Al-Tayeb used his speech to the conference to complain that traditional religions had been replaced by a culture of lust and gay marriage. “This is not acceptable, not even for animals and beasts, let alone for people with pure hearts and sound minds,” he said.The Right Rev. Jo Bailey Wells, the Anglican bishop of Dorking and one of only a half dozen women heading delegations, lamented that women represent half the world’s population but are hardly represented in religious leadership.
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