Vatican urges Muslims to work for peace, reject violence

The Vatican urged Muslims on Friday to reject violence, work with Christians for peace and to teach their young to love and respect all people and not become “cultural or religious blocs opposed to one another”.

The Vatican’s top official in charge of relations with Muslims, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, issued the Vatican’s traditional message to Muslims to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In it, he urged the Muslim faithful to enter into a dialogue with Christians to “help us to escape from the endless spiral of conflict and multiple tensions which mark our societies”. (AP)