Pope Francis reaffirms his commitment to dialogue with Muslims

"It is important to intensify the dialogue between different religions, I think especially in dialogue with Islam," said the Pope Francis, adding that he "enjoyed the presence, during the beginning of the Mass of  (the) ministry  of many civil and religious authorities in the Islamic world. "
 
He indicated a desire for "dialogue which really helps to build bridges between all men, so that everyone can find in the other, not an enemy, not a competitor, but a brother to welcome and to embrace. "
 
"My origins however, lead me to work to build bridges," Pope  Francis said, which for him "is still alive, the dialogue between places and cultures with their estrangement from one end of the world the other, now ever closer, interdependent, who need to meet and create real spaces of authentic fraternity. "
 
Referring to peace in the world, the pontiff, said man could not be "true to himself if everyone is only able to consider themselves , if everyone can claim the right fo himself without concern for tjhe well being of others at the same time because our nature should unite every human being on this earth. "