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Pope Leo XIV Appoints Two Priests, One Sister from Africa to Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue as Consultors

Jan 20, 2026

Three of the 19 members that Pope Leo XIV has appointed as Consultors of the Vatican  Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue are from Africa, two serving as Priests in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe, and one serving as a Religious in Senegal.

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Pope Francis Underlines "universal value" of Jerusalem in Speech to Palestinians

Mar 9, 2023

Pope Francis underlined the “universal value” of Jerusalem in a meeting with members of a Vatican-Palestinian interreligious dialogue group on Thursday.

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