Over the course of 2022, its inaugural year, the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda project took up the theme of interreligious collaboration. Through essays, interviews, dialogues, and a conference in Rome, project participants reflected on the constructive role that religious communities and interfaith networks should play in addressing the global crisis of division and war that Pope Francis diagnosed in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti.
In our divided and dangerous world, the world’s religious traditions represent key resources in building what Pope Francis calls a “culture of encounter” on a global scale. In an international system facing crises of effectiveness, stability, and legitimacy, religious communities and interfaith networks have an unprecedented opportunity to cooperate with states and other secular partners around global challenges including climate change, public health, war, and peace. In this working paper Thomas Banchoff argues that to realize these opportunities, faith communities will need to work together to alleviate their internal divisions, renew their leaderships, and creatively engage with younger generations.
Rev. Arturo Sosa, S.J., superior general of the Society of Jesus, delivered this keynote address at a conference on “The Culture of Encounter: An Imperative for a Divided World” held in Rome at Villa Malta on May 27-28, 2022. The conference was co-sponsored with La Civiltà Cattolica as part of the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda project.
May 27, 2022
This keynote address was delivered by Archbishop Paul Gallagher at a conference on “The Culture of Encounter: An Imperative for a Divided World” held in Rome at Villa Malta on May 27-28, 2022. The conference was co-sponsored with La Civiltà Cattolica as part of the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda project.
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Two decades into the new century and emerging from a global pandemic, we face a new challenge: an increasingly fractured world divided along political, social, and religious lines. Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis has proposed a way forward out of this global crisis: the creation of "a culture of encounter" in which "we can also speak with those who think differently, as well as those who hold other beliefs, who do not have the same faith." A culture of encounter, however…
Two decades into the new century and emerging from a global pandemic, we face a new challenge: an increasingly fractured world divided along political, social, and religious lines. Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis has proposed a way forward out of this global crisis: the creation of "a culture of encounter" in which "we can also speak with those who think differently, as well as those who hold other beliefs, who do not have the same faith." A culture of encounter, however…
Two decades into the new century and emerging from a global pandemic, we face a new challenge: an increasingly fractured world divided along political, social, and religious lines. Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis has proposed a way forward out of this global crisis: the creation of "a culture of encounter" in which "we can also speak with those who think differently, as well as those who hold other beliefs, who do not have the same faith." A culture of encounter, however…
Two decades into the new century and emerging from a global pandemic, we face a new challenge: an increasingly fractured world divided along political, social, and religious lines. Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis has proposed a way forward out of this global crisis: the creation of "a culture of encounter" in which "we can also speak with those who think differently, as well as those who hold other beliefs, who do not have the same faith." A culture of encounter, however…
Through the COVID-19 pandemic Pope Francis has powerfully advocated for a culture of encounter to help bridge the divisions that increasingly plague our world. Only when we fully recognize our shared humanity and engage one another with humility, generosity, and patience—from the local to the international level—will we be able to address global challenges together. The ongoing Russian war against Ukraine underscores the importance of a culture of encounter as the most appropriate and legitimate…
Through the COVID-19 pandemic Pope Francis has powerfully advocated for a culture of encounter to help bridge the divisions that increasingly plague our world. Only when we fully recognize our shared humanity and engage one another with humility, generosity, and patience—from the local to the international level—will we be able to address global challenges together. The ongoing Russian war against Ukraine underscores the importance of a culture of encounter as the most appropriate and legitimate…
A signature contribution of Pope Francis's pontificate is the concept of a culture of encounter. Rooted in his experience as a Jesuit and as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the concept emphasizes humility, generosity and patience as foundational for productive dialogue across cultural, religious, and political divides. In his October 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Francis made an impassioned plea for a culture of encounter in a global society torn by the pandemic and increasingly fragmented along…
A signature contribution of Pope Francis's pontificate is the concept of a culture of encounter. Rooted in his experience as a Jesuit and as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the concept emphasizes humility, generosity and patience as foundational for productive dialogue across cultural, religious, and political divides. In his October 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Francis made an impassioned plea for a culture of encounter in a global society torn by the pandemic and increasingly fragmented along…
