Pope Benedict, Interfaith leaders meet

(NECN/ABC) - In his meeting with Interfaith leaders in Australia, Pope Benedict XVI stressed on Friday that religion was a "fundamental right" of all people that transcended borders. It could, he said, solve conflicts in a world threatened by sinister and indiscriminate violence. The pontiff met with a group of leaders from other religions, including rabbis and Muslim clerics, at the gothic St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney as part of the Roman Catholic church's youth festival. read more

NECN | July 18, 2008

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