St. Pope John Paul II leads an interreligious Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in Assisi in 1986. (Credit: ANSA.) Listen [Editor’s Note: This week the Vatican announced that Pope Francis will ...

Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage at the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, but the leaders won't take part in common prayers as they did when summoned for a ...

Of all the challenges faced by the Vatican in organizing the 25th anniversary of the historic interreligious gathering in Assisi in 1986, the hardest was how to make it newsworthy. The 176 ...

Pope John Paul II attends an interreligious peace meeting in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 27, 1986, file photo. (Credit: CNS/Osservatore Romano.) Listen When Pope Francis travels to Assisi next Tuesday ...

Of all the challenges faced by the Vatican in organizing the 25th anniversary of the historic interreligious gathering in Assisi in 1986, the hardest was how to make it newsworthy. The 176 ...

In September, Pope Francis will make his second visit to Assisi in just two months on the 30th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace that St. John Paul II convoked there in 1986. Pope ...

Benedict XVI offers an overview of the 25 years since Assisi 1986: after the fall of the Berlin Wall, freedom has lost its sense of direction and become capable of violence. The violence of religious ...

The Day of "pilgrims of truth, pilgrims of peace” has begun. Together with the pope, 300 delegates from over 50 countries worldwide. At least 100 are from Asia, the Muslim presence is growing. Unlike ...