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title: Pope XIV Meets with Religious Leaders of Argentina
url: https://www.faithfulnews.com/en/pope-xiv-meets-with-religious-leaders-of-argentina
published: 2026-11-12T20:48:36+00:00
language: en
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# Pope XIV Meets with Religious Leaders of Argentina

On November 9, 2026, Pope XIV met with various religious leaders in the Salón Libertador in Buenos Aires. The gathering included Foreign Minister Pablo Kirno, Monsignor Marcelo Daniel Colombo, Archbishop Jorge Ignacio Garcia Cuerva, and numerous other religious leaders from the country.

During his address, Pope XIV emphasized that the meeting is based on the "pillars of dialogue and friendship, which have been fundamental in the life of Pope Francis." He expressed his intention to strengthen these connections by building new bridges of cooperation. The Holy Father reaffirmed his commitment to the teachings of the Second Vatican Council (declaration Nostra aetate), highlighting the spiritual kinship of the Catholic Church with the people of Israel and a deep respect for the sacred and true elements present in other religious traditions.

Describing Argentine identity as a "melting pot" of ethnicities, cultures, and religions, where Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and representatives of other faiths learn to build a nation in a remarkable symbiosis with local traditions, the Pope spoke about the experience of sincere prayer uniting all religions. He noted that prayer, being a special form of human expression, calls upon us to be guardians of human dignity and defenders of life from conception to natural death, as humans consist of more than just matter.

In his concluding remarks, Pope XIV referenced the words of St. John Paul II from a meeting in Assisi in 2002, calling for "prayer that does not lead to confrontation or contempt for others, but to constructive dialogue without relativism and syncretism." The Holy Father ended the meeting with a prayer from Pope Francis’s encyclical Fratelli tutti, invoking the Almighty to ignite a fraternal spirit in hearts and strengthen the service to peace.