Pope Francis calls for Christian-Muslim tolerance

Pope Francis delivered a video message on Friday calling for the promotion of a culture of "tolerance, inclusion and mutual understanding" on the second anniversary of a landmark Christian-Muslim peace initiative.

The Vatican released the message to mark the International Day of Human Fraternity, a U.N.-designated celebration of interfaith and multicultural understanding inspired by a landmark document signed on February 4, 2019 in Abu Dhabi by Francis and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb, the Imam of the Al-Azhar Center for Sunni Learning in Cairo.

"We all live under the same heaven, independently of where and how we live, the colour of our skin, religion, social group, sex, age, economic conditions, or our state of health. All of us are different yet equal, and this time of pandemic has shown that clearly," the Pope said.