Pope promises 'respect' for all religions

POPE Francis has promised "friendship and respect" for all faiths at a meeting with representatives of major world religions in the Vatican in which he said he felt "close" to non-believers.

The Roman Catholic Church would "promote friendship and respect between men and women of different religions," the Pope said, a day after his formal inauguration in St Peter's Square.

"We can do a lot for the good of people who are poor, who are weak, who suffer ... and to promote reconciliation and peace," the Pope told other Christian leaders and representatives of Buddhism, Islam and Judaism in an ornate Vatican hall.

Latin America's first pontiff said all religions should be united against "one of the most dangerous pitfalls of our time - reducing human beings to what they produce and what they consume.

"I very much appreciate your presence and I see in it a sign of mutual respect and of co-operation for the common good of humanity," he said.

This was particularly important in a world of "divisions, confrontations and rivalries," he said.

Francis also told Jewish leaders he wanted to continue "a fraternal dialogue" that began with the reformist Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, which removed the notion of any Jewish blame for Jesus Christ's death in Catholic doctrine.

The 76-year-old Pope also said he felt "close" to those people who "do not recognise themselves in any faith but are in a search for truth, for goodness and for beauty, which is God."

The reference echoed a "silent blessing" Francis made on Saturday to non-believers at a meeting with journalists from around the world.

"You are all children of God," he said on Saturday.

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