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    Pope walks with Jews, Hindus won't pray with them

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimmage to the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi where 25 years ago Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama and others spent the day praying for peace amid the Cold War.

    Benedict on Wednesday held a pre-trip prayer service for the Catholic faithful at the Vatican, since Thursday's Assisi event — unlike the 1986 edition — won't involve any communal prayers among the different religious leaders.

    Then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger didn't attend the 1986 event and disapproved of members of different faiths praying in the presence of one another. As a result, the 25th anniversary edition won't involve any communal prayer: participants can pray individually, silently in rooms assigned them.

     
    • glenda  •  7 mths ago
      Article reads like it was written by a high school junior in journalism class, but that is appropriate since so many of the comments appear to be written by high school sophomores.
      • May Pang Ping Pong 7 mths ago
        What grade are you in ?
      • glenda 7 mths ago
        hahaha.......'tis been years and years since anyone asked me that. And thanks, little one, for helping me prove my point. Really, I can do this alone. Peace.
    • WildBillCody  •  7 mths ago
      This headline is horrible LOL!.... Who writes this nonsense???? Pope walks with Jews?? Hindus won't pray wiht them?? What nonsense is this?

      THe headline makes it sound like Hindu's hate Jews and won't pray with them. It also makes it sound like "Oh my god the Pope is walking with.... with.... THOSE jews!"..

      Why not have the headline say "Religious faithful hold international convention, but won't pray together"...
    • Captain Awesome  •  Atlanta, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Nice misuse of punctuation in the headline, too.
    • Rand March  •  7 mths ago
      What a horribly phrased headline!

      It SHOULD be "Pope Walks with Jews and Hindus, But Won't Pray With Them"

      As it stands, it looks like the headline is claiming that Hindus hate Jews
      • Bonnie 7 mths ago
        Thanks for that post Rand- that headline was very misleading (but it did make me read the article).
      • Jacqueline Theodelinda 7 mths ago
        Well said, Rand and Bonnie.
    • Jacqueline Theodelinda  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  7 mths ago
      A semicolon after the word "Hindus" would fix this very misleading headline.
      • Cicero 7 mths ago
        I was going to say the same.
    • Rand March  •  7 mths ago
      I opened this article presuming that, even though I'm not a Catholic, I'd be defending Cathocism from bigotry (I oppose bigotry in ALL of its disgusting forms)

      I had forgotten momentarily what Yahoo! comment boards are like!

      In addition to the expected anti-Catholic bigotry, these comments are loaded with anti-Muslim and - most common and most ugly in its message - Anti-Jewish bigotry
    • Esteban  •  7 mths ago
      Frankly, of course the pope won't pray with Hindus and Jews because Christians pray "in the name of Jesus Christ" and Hindus and Jews don't. I'm not a Christian, but even I would see it as weird if the pope prayed the same prayer as they did.
      • Roy 7 mths ago
        Considering "Catholic" church history (Inquistions, Crusades, etc), there is no way the Pope could join either group in prayer even though the son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ himself is Jewish. The Jesuits are watching and reporting to their General, "The Black Pope".
    • CunningStuntman  •  San Francisco, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Rebecca, you come across as the kind of useful idiot who reads :"The Turner Diaries" and think there is a Catholic/Jewish/NWO conspiracy around every world event.

      Do the world a favor, and don't breed.
    • CunningStuntman  •  San Francisco, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Who would have thought an article about people spending the day praying for peace would cause comments with such ignorance and hatred?

      Mom would be proud!
    • Rudi  •  7 mths ago
      The headline is extremely misleading: "Pope walks with Jews, Hindus won't pray with them". As written it, appears the pope is spending time with a group that Hindus won't pray with. Instead, it's the pope who won't pray with non-Catholics. (There's ecumenism in action.) The editor needs to insert a comma after "Hindus". He also needs to correct the spelling of "pilgrimmage". Why do these people get paid?
      • fnurl 7 mths ago
        That's how I read it, too. I thought the Pope was walking with the Jews but the Hindus were standing by the side, refusing to pray with the Jews. But in the end, who cares what the pope does?
      • Jacqueline Theodelinda 7 mths ago
        A semicolon after "Hindus" would fix the misunderstanding.
      • Jacqueline Theodelinda 7 mths ago
        Rudi, the pope has prayed numerous times with Orthodox and Protestant Christians. For him to pray with nonchristians would not make sense, because it would promote syncretism. The event will include dialogue between the different religious leaders on how to promote peace.
    • Ad Rock  •  Pyongyang, North Korea  •  6 mths ago
      i'll bet jesus was well hung
    • Ad Rock  •  Pyongyang, North Korea  •  6 mths ago
      lets have peace, but separately. .
    • King Baldwin IV  •  7 mths ago
      The pope didn't do anything disrespectful. These other groups were INVITED to the Vatican. This is not a sing of disrespect or war lol. Rather, it is a singn of peace. Who else organizes something like this?

      They don't pray with eachother because the beliefs are different. Don't try to mix us up into your "New Age" / NWO/ One World spiritual Bull ****!
      Yes, we can have peace and respect one another, however, our beliefs are our beliefs. You believe in what you want, and we believe in God.

      God Bless the pope!
    • observation  •  7 mths ago
      I think the Pope is saying that he believes differently from what those of other religions believe. What is the point of sitting and listening to the dogma of different religions? It is idiotic.

      It is possible to respect others' right to worship as they wish without participating in their worship.
    • beautifulmind  •  Amsterdam, Netherlands  •  7 mths ago
      It should have read "Pope walks with Jews, Hindus and he won't pray with them"
    • Boodica  •  7 mths ago
      "Pilgrammage"?

      How about a little spell-checking before publishing the article?
    • psionycx  •  7 mths ago
      This is really a shame. Pope John Paul II was at least willing to find some common ground with members of other faiths. Benedict is seemingly more interested in highlighting divisions.
    • lilly  •  6 mths ago
      I didnt get the headline..i had to read the article 3 times! but from what i can see the refusal of prayer had nothing to do with jews or hindus it was a Catholic(Ratzinger) who refused to pray with everyone else!!!
    • Jo  •  7 mths ago
      whoever wrote this headline should be fired,it makes it look like the hindus are refusing to pray with the pope and jews...my guess this was written by someone with a very poor grasp of english
    • PaulR  •  7 mths ago
      This is typical Yahoo news... poor grammar, patchy info streamed from AP and regurgitated unedited. This news site is just painful. Every article full of errors....
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