Pope John Paul II is embraced by Cambodian Buddhist monk Maha Ghosananda during an interreligious ecounter in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 27, 1986. Pope Benedict XVI said he will go to Assisi in October to mark the 25th anniversary of the late pope's historic encounter. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (Jan. 14, 2011) See JPII-BEATIFICATION Jan. 14, 2010, and VATICAN LETTER Jan. 7, 2011.POPE JOHN PAUL II EMBRACED BY CAMBODIAN BUDDHIST MONK MAHA GHOSANANDA DURING 1986 INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER
The following link is to Crux Magazine’s editorial by John Allen who is remembering, this gathering marks the 30th anniversary of John Paul’s historic 1986 inter-faith summit in Assisi, an initiative he repeated in 1993 and 2002, and one that Benedict also presided over in 2011.
Pope’s inter-faith summit in Assisi belongs to an ongoing revolution
