Pope’s Document Inspires “week of human fraternity” at Kenya-based Catholic Institution

On the same day, the leadership of IRDIS, an Institute that facilitates learning about dialogue between various faiths of the world, will facilitate an exhibition on World Religions at TUC. 

Also known as the Abu Dhabi Declaration, the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together arose from a discussion between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.

The Abu Dhabi Declaration inspired Pope Francis’ Encyclical Fratelli Tutti.

The Abu Dhabi Declaration document has inspired the UN’s declaration of the International Day of Human Fraternity celebrated annually on February 4.

The Abu Dhabi Declaration of Human Fraternity and its Historical Precedence is the envisaged focus for second day of the five-day event, the member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (MAfr.) says in his February 19 statement.

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The theme selected for third day, Fr. Maganya says, is a deliberation on Fratelli Tutti and the Abu Dhabi Declaration from a Muslim perspective for the morning and the Universal Brother- Life and spirituality of Brother Charles de Foucald for the afternoon.

Books on Religion and Violence, contributions from Social Sciences and Theology on an Urgent Issue, and Arabic for are to the launched on the same day, February 24.

On February 25, a training on Interreligious Dialogue as Space for Women’s Representation and Collaboration has been scheduled

The week of Human Fraternity is expected to climax with the third edition of the Conference on Religions and Gender, to take place under the theme, “Interreligious Dialogue as a Space for Women’s Representation and Collaboration.”

Last year, the Conference on Religions and Gender was guided by the theme “Religious Minority Rights and (Inter-)Religious Literacy from a Women’s perspective.” 

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) are partnering with TUC’s IRDIS to realize the five-day initiative that is expected to conclude February 26.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.