Conference explores “Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration”

Conference explores “Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration”

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Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:19

A conference in Rome hosted by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, in collaboration with European interreligious partners, and the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on 23-24 June explored “ Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs in Europe: Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration.”

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Rome, June 2026. Conference “Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs in Europe: Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration", co-organised by the WCC, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and a broad coalition of Christian and Dharmic partners.

Photo: Chady Chata/WCC

Prominent religious leaders, academics, scholars, and representatives of Christianity and the Dharmic religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism) gathered at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum).

“ The conference brought together individuals committed to strengthening human fraternity through interreligious…