"Avoid 'syncretist' approach, Pope urges Assis meeting" - CWNews

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Sep. 04 (CWNews.com) - In a message to the 20th Inter-religious Meeting of Prayer for Peace, being held in Assisi this week, Pope Benedict XVI cautioned against "syncretistic interpretations" and "relativistic concepts" in inter-faith activities.

At the time of the original inter-religious meeting held at Assisi on October 27, 1986, as an initiative promoted by Pope John Paul II. then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had expressed grave reservations about the event. Now, in a message to Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi, he sought to put the event in context.

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