At reconciliation concert, pope urges all faiths to find peace

Published: 2004-01-19

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians, Muslims and Jews "must find within ourselves the courage for peace," Pope John Paul II told religious leaders gathered at the Vatican for a "Concert of Reconciliation." "Jews, Christians and Muslims cannot accept that the earth be afflicted by hatred, that humanity would remain involved in wars without end," the pope said at the end of the Jan. 17 concert with performers and spectators from the three faiths. Gilbert Levine conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and a massive chorus with members of choirs from Pittsburgh; London; Ankara, Turkey; and Krakow, Poland.

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