Buddhists and Christians from various countries gathered together in Bangkok, Thailand, from 13 to 16 November to participate in the Seventh Buddhist-Christian Colloquium at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The fruit of a collaboration between the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand and the hosting university, this year’s theme was “Karunā and Agape in Dialogue for Healing a Wounded Humanity and the Earth”.
In a statement released on Sunday, 12 November, the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue explained that the Colloquium had the aim of reaffirming “friendship and reciprocal understanding built through dialogue with Buddhist partners throughout the world and, in particular, in Thailand”, and identifying “common actions to heal the wounds of humanity and the planet”.
In Spanish: Apostasía Vaticana: “Buda y Jesús son grandes sanadores.”
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