In many African countries for centuries a tolerant Islam has existed, and this facilitates peaceful coexistence. Fundamentalism is a limited slice of religions often exploited for political ends. At the world level Propaganda works hard to defend the rights of Christians, and also religious freedom for all believers, calling for reciprocity. There is a new fervour around the person of Jesus Christ not as a sacred hero of the past, but as a living person. I will never forget the impressive gathering of 2 million young people in Rome for the Youth Jubilee, many of whom came from our young Churches.
Mission is today younger than ever.
The Good News never leads to religious conflict, indeed it brings religions together against all that which conspires against the absolute dignity of human life and religious freedom. Mission is a medicine for the West, dispirited and over-fed. International Fides Service Go back to Mission News page Read complete Breaking News page of International Fides Service, the official news agency of the Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith . . .