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The meeting is being organized by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
Pillay described how the WCC has a strong working relationship with the dicastery, producing several documents together and engaging in interreligious dialogue. “Our most recent joint statement was issued in August 2020, responding to the challenges that humanity has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
The statement, “Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During COVID-19,” offers a Christian basis for interreligious solidarity to inspire and confirm the impulse to serve a world wounded not only by COVID-19 but by many other wounds as well.
“Ecumenical and interreligious solidarity enable our religious commitment to become a factor that unites, rather than divides, people. When we work hand in hand with believers of other faiths and people of goodwill, we model the peace, justice and interconnectedness which are at the heart of our faith convictions, while at the same time recreating and reinforcing these values,” Pillay said, quoting the document.
“We, as the WCC look forward to exploring what it means to rebuild community together,” he added. “And this meeting and the dialogue that ensues is an important building block towards that.”
