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Pope Francis (R) greets people of different religions at the end a weekly general audience for interfaith relations at St Peter's square on October 28, 2015 at the Vatican. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Church's 'Nostra Aetate' declaration which challenged religious prejudices and urged bridge building with other faiths. A special papal audience for interfaith relations was celebrated in Saint Peter's Square to remember the moment on October 28, 1965, when Paul VI adopted what was a ground-breaking declaration lambasting anti-Semitism in particular. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read

Islam, Christianity Are Fundamentally the Same, Prof Writes

In the wake of the extraordinarily brutal jihadist attacks perpetrated on innocent civilians in Paris Friday, Yale Professor Miroslav Volf suggests in an article in the Washington Post that we look at religion as a single reality rather than making distinctions between different religions, including Islam and Christianity.