Speaking to Vatican News about the spiralling violence in the Middle East, the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia re-iterates the critical contribution religions can make to peaceful co-existence, and says the Synod offers a concrete example of how differ-ences can live together through dialogue and listening to one another.
“To stop the current spiral of violence there is an urgent need to revise the protocols of diploma-cy, but we also need the witness of people of faith showing that we can walk together, that religions can contribute to the humanization of the world.”

“Beyond any techni-cal results it may yield, the fact that we listen to each other is meaningful. Recognizing the richness of differences and learn-ing to discern together God’s will is an example for the Church and the world, which can inspire paths of goodness for society.”