Pope Francis will meet with pioneers of different religions when he visits the Philippines one month from now, pushing a message of resilience to battle worldwide religious clashes, a congregation official said Monday.
The pontiff will hold a 10 to 15-minute dialog with the dignitary of the Philippines' biggest Islamic studies focus and a Taiwan-built Buddhist pioneer in light of January 18, as indicated by Father Carlos Reyes, a part of the advisory group sorting out the Pope's visit.
He will likewise meet with the Hong Kong-based territorial leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, and a Hindu pioneer, Protestant religious bishops, and a Manila-based rabbi, Reyes told journalists.
The dialog will be held at the 400-year-old church-run University of Santo Tomas in Manila, where the pontiff will likewise address a swarm of 25,000 young people.
"The congregation is Catholic, it is widespread, we are in dialog with the world," Reyes said.
"It is our employment as men and ladies of religion not to permit the fundamentalists or radicals to commandeer the religion."
The occasion comes as the to a great extent Catholic Philippines is actualizing a peace arrangement marked last March with its primary Muslim revolutionary gathering to make a self-ruling zone for the Muslim minority in the southern islands.
It additionally comes as the administration battles a little band of hardliners that have allegedly promised devotion to the Islamic State bunch, which has taken control of a swathe of domain crosswise over Iraq and Syria.
The military has as of late increased offensives against the Al-Qaeda-connected Abu Sayyaf, which is holding a few prisoners, including outsiders, in the beset south.
Pope Francis will land in the nation in the midst of tight security on January 15 for a four-day visit highlighted by a mass in Tacloban City, ground zero for Super Typhoon Haiyan a year ago.
Haiyan's beast winds generated tidal wave like storm surges that wiped out whole towns and left more than 7,350 executed or missing.
The pontiff's visit shows the subject "kindness and sympathy" and is required to draw a huge number of the dedicated to people in general occasions.
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