Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration

Please find here an invitation to a major conference of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains and Sikhs in Europe on: Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome.

23-24 June 2026 – Aula Minor

The conference will be in Italian and English with translation available.

“Today, the need for this fraternity is not a distant ideal but an urgent necessity. We

cannot ignore the fact that too many of our brothers and sisters are currently

suffering the horrors of violence and war. We must remember that “the first victim

of every war is the human family’s innate vocation to fraternity”. At a time when the

dream of building peace together is often dismissed as an “outdated utopia”, we

must proclaim with conviction that human fraternity is a lived reality, stronger than

all conflicts, differences and tensions. It is a potential that must be realised

through a daily, concrete commitment to respect, sharing and compassion.”

MESSAGE OF POPE LEO XIV ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF

HUMAN FRATERNITY AND THE AWARDING OF THE ZAYED AWARD FOR HUMAN

FRATERNITY 2026 - [4 February 2026]