Keynote Address by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Meeting of the World Council of Religions for Peace

(Istanbul, July 29, 2025)

“Contradictions and Prerequisites of Interreligious Dialogue”

Your Eminences,

Your Excellencies,

Mr. Secretary General,

Distinguished members of the World Council,

Dear friends and colleagues,

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW Remarks – Pilgrimage “From Rome to New Rome” [Phanar, July 20, 2025]

Your Eminence, Cardinal Joseph Tobin,

Your Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, 

Reverend Fathers, 

Dear Pilgrims, 

Beloved children in the Lord,

With heartfelt joy, we welcome you today to the sacred and historic city of Constantinople – New Rome – as you continue your blessed pilgrimage, “From Rome to New Rome.” Your journey, which leads from the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome to the seat of the Holy Apostle Andrew here in Constantinople, and soon to the ancient city of Nicaea, is a powerful and visible testimony to the Spirit at work in our midst, guiding us along the path of reconciliation, understanding, and unity.