As globe faces conflicts, Pope prays that believers of different religions can work together to promote peace, justice, and fraternity.
Pope Leo is praying during the month of October for collaboration among believers of different religions.
Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity.
The intention comes as this month marks the 60th anniversary of the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate, which spelled out the Church's relationship with other religions.
His intention, which the Pope entrusts once again to the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, is proposed at a time marked by global conflicts and polarization.
The video recounts various concrete examples of collaboration that intertwine with moments “from above” and initiatives “from below.”
On the one hand, historical milestones on the interreligious journey: the historic meeting organized by Pope John Paul II in Assisi in 1986; Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Synagogue in Rome in 2010; the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi in 2019 under Pope Francis’ pontificate; up to the most recent ecumenical meetings of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.
On the other hand, this month’s prayer intention recalls that interreligious dialogue cannot be limited to meetings with leaders.
This is why the images in the video highlight experiences organized on the local level or by ecclesial organizations: the interreligious meeting organized in Singapore in April 2025 by Caritas and the Archdiocese to commemorate Earth Day; or the “One Human Family” event organized by the Focolari Movement between May and June 2024.
These are two recent and concrete signs of dialogue that create proximity, trust, and daily cooperation.
Here is the text of the Pope's prayer from the video:
Lord Jesus,
You, who in diversity are one
and look lovingly at every person,
help us to recognize ourselves as brothers and sisters,
called to live, pray, work, and dream together.
We live in a world full of beauty,
but also wounded by deep divisions.
Sometimes, religions, instead of uniting us,
become a cause of confrontation.
Give us your Spirit to purify our hearts,
so that we may recognize what unites us
and, from there, learn again how to listen
and collaborate without destroying.
May the concrete examples of peace,
justice and fraternity in religions
inspire us to believe that it is possible to live
and work together, beyond our differences.
May religions not be used as weapons or walls,
but rather lived as bridges and prophecy:
making the dream of the common good credible,
accompanying life, sustaining hope
and being the yeast of unity in a fragmented world.
Amen.
