Vatican City, 05 October, 2021 / 8:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Religious leaders from different faiths met at the Vatican on Tuesday to discuss education on World Teachers’ Day.
The interreligious meeting on Oct. 5 included Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Calvinist, Quaker, and evangelical representatives who gathered together with Pope Francis.
The group released a joint statement following the meeting urging teachers to commit to “researching new ways of understanding the economy and politics, as instruments at the service of people and the entire human family, and with a view to a holistic ecology, by teaching lifestyles that are more respectful of the environment.”
The meeting was part of the Global Compact on Education launched by Pope Francis in October 2020.