POPE FRANCIS AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: NOVELTY IN CONTINUITY. FROM VATICAN COUNCIL II THROUGH PAUL VI, JOHN PAUL II AND BENEDICT XVI
POPE FRANCIS AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: NOVELTY IN CONTINUITY. FROM VATICAN COUNCIL II THROUGH PAUL VI, JOHN PAUL II AND BENEDICT XVI

Summary/Abstract: Pope Francis has been often defined as the ‘popeof the first times’. The initiatives that he has tak-en without having anyone of his predecessors tohave done the same are numberless. This is trueespecially in the field on dialogue with people ofdifferent religious traditions. Yet, he himself hasoften reminded people who have prompted himon this specific aspect of his papacy that much ofhis – at times daring – initiatives would not havebeen possible without or before the Second Vat-ican Council and some of his predecessors, likePaul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI. This pa-per attempts an in-depth study on the continuitythe present papacy present respect both Counciland Bergoglio’s predecessors. At the same time, ittries not to ignore the sense and meaning of eventsor acts which have represented a unique novelty ofthe Argentinean pope.

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