A call for dialogue under threat

Three Vatican cardinals released a document marking 60 years since Nostra Aetate, calling for interfaith dialogue at a time when fundamentalism, extremism, and violence undermine it.

Individualism threatens human connection

Cardinal Fernández warns that individualism and self-worship are spreading, causing people to withdraw into themselves and forget others exist. All religions stand for peace, never war.

“all religions stand for peace, never for war”

Antisemitism incompatible with Christianity

Cardinal Koch addresses the tension Christians feel between their bond with Jewish people and concern for Gaza's suffering. Being a disciple of Jesus and an antisemite is impossible.

“it is impossible to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and at the same time an antisemite”

Two states needed for Middle East peace

The Holy See reaffirms its conviction that only creating two states can bring peace to the Middle East, calling for honest dialogue about the current situation.

Dialogue is core to evangelization

Cardinal Koovakad says Nostra Aetate was a theological mustard seed that made dialogue a constitutive dimension of the Church's mission, producing concrete cooperation for migrants and refugees.

Making fraternity real, not theoretical

The Dicastery works to ensure fraternity becomes lived practice in local churches, schools, and families rather than remaining merely on paper.