Interreligious Activities

On November 6, 2025, scholars, religious leaders, and interfaith practitioners gathered at Notre Dame of Jerusalem to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the groundbreaking declaration of the Second Vatican Council that transformed Catholic relations with other religions. The event, titled “Reflecting on the Legacy and Contemporary Challenges of Dialogue Across Faiths,” explored both the historical significance and the future of interreligious engagement. The Vicariate of St. James was one of the organizers of the meeting.

On Wednesday, October 8th, members of the Interfaith Initiative in the Negev gathered at the Sukkat Shalom in the Eshel Avraham Conservative Community House in Omer to reflect on interreligious relations. The meeting, held during the Sukkot holiday, was dedicated to the memory of Martin Sessler, a beloved member of the Initiative who passed away shortly before Rosh Hashanah.

On Wednesday (28.05.25), people of different faiths gathered at the Tower of David in Jerusalem for a special interfaith prayer dedicated to the theme of “Mercy.”

On Wednesday (28.05.25), the historic city of Jerusalem witnessed a remarkable event as people from various faiths came together for a March for Peace. This interreligious event saw the participation of numerous community leaders, including Fr. Piotr, the Vicar of St. James.

On Monday (13.01), Fr. Roman traveled with an interfaith group of Druze, Jews, Muslims, and Christians to Rahat to bring comfort to the Zianda family who lost their two sons, Yosef and Hamza, who were hostages in Gaza.

Wednesday (14.08) the members of Negev Interfaith Initiative visited a Bedouin family in Rahat whose members were abused by Jewish settlers while traveling to Nablus. Among those who came to express their solidarity with the victims was fr. Roman, the parish priest from Beer Sheva. We publish his account of the event.

On Tuesday (30.07), a group of Druze, Jews, Muslims and Christians belonging to The Forum of Interfaith Leaders in Israel, went to Majdal Shams, a Druze village near the border with Lebanon and Syria, where 12 children were killed by a missile that fell on the playground. Fr. Roman reports about the encounter.

A Peace event: "It's time to give peace another chance" took place in Tel Aviv on Monday (01.07). Fr. Piotr, the Vicar of St. James was invited to pray for peace during the event that was a joint project of a number of well-known Israeli nonprofits and NGO's representing all corners of Israel’s left, ranging from older, established groups like Peace Now to more recently founded movements such as Standing Together.

On Monday (03.06), in Jerusalem took place an Interfaith March for Human Rights and Peace. Fr. Piotr participated in the event, together with Jewish and Muslim friends.

On Friday (10.05) Fr. Roman Kaminsky participated in a panel discussion on the topic: The Holocaust in the light of the three religions. The panel was held at the Beit Yad Labanim auditorium in Netanya at the initiative of Roni Meir Dotan, a Holocaust researcher and director of commemoration projects. In addition to Fr. Roman, the following participated in the panel: Dr. Batia Brotin, Mr. Avi Salma and Rabbi Israel Weiss. Unfortunately, the representative of Islam was not able to make it to the panel.

On Wednesday (29.11) Fr. Piotr and Fr. Tiago took part in an interfaith event in Kfar Aza, one of the places that were under attack on October 7th. Jews, Christians Muslims and Druze prayed together for the victims and their families.

Fr. Piotr represented HB Card. Pizzaballa at a conference in Italy. It was organized by the diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello under the tilte: "The gates of the Mediterranean-Poliphony of stories: people, institutions and landscapes in dialogue” with a special interreligious meeting and a prayer for peace.

Interfaith organization "Spirit of the Galilee" (Association for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism, Interreligious Dialogue and Co-Existence) invites all religious leaders to sign an online petition: "An urgent call for tolerance and peace from leadership and religious leaders". We present the text and the link to all religious leaders who may be interested.

On Thursday (September 21st) took place a meeting of the interreligious group called the Forum Tower of David. The participants met in the renewed part of the Citadel of David Museum.

On Monday (31.07) in the Synagogue of Moreshet Avraham took place a meeting to promote the 75 letters about Israeli values written by various religious leaders. Fr. Piotr presented the Christian texts.

Members of a group called "The Spirit of Galilee" visited Jerusalem. One of the evenings was dedicated for a meeting with religious leaders from the Holy city. Fr. Piotr participated in the meeting.

On June 6th the religious leaders gathered at David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem in order to follow-up the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, every 3 years, since 2003.

As every year around Jerusalem Day, the "Amen" circle organized an interreligious prayer of Jewish, Christian and Muslim believers.

An interreligious walk took place in Jerusalem on May 10th. Fr. Piotr and Fr. Roman, as well as some members of Kehilat Jerusalem participated in this event. We present two articles that appeared in the news.

Ambassador of UNESCO Artist for Peace, Guila-Clara Kessous organized a Zoom meeting in St. James Vicariate. Fr. Tiago represented SJV during the meeting.