“Isn't an interreligious prayer gathering really an event saying ‘all gods are the same’?”

🔥The question: “If you stand together with leaders of other religions or gather for peace, doesn't it become a mixed religion?”

🛡️The Church's answer: People of different religions can gather for peace, for those struck by disaster, and for the poor, and pray each in their own way. What matters is distinguishing “gathering in order to pray together” from blending different faiths so that “everyone prays the same prayer.” Catholics can respect another person's conscience and prayer without hiding their own faith.

🎨An analogy — different rescue teams at the same disaster

Rescue teams from different organizations, with different equipment, can work together to save one life. Working together does not make their organizations and their training all the same.

This analogy does not mean the prayers of every religion are the same. It only shows that people can cooperate for peace and for their neighbors' lives without erasing differences of faith.

🧐If they press further: “So can we join in any ceremony at all?” — No. Look at whether the content and the wording of the event deny faith in Christ or require worshipping another god. When it is unclear, ask the pastor responsible for you, and even when you do not take part, do not insult anyone.

✨In one sentence: “Gathering together for peace is not mixing religions, and people can cooperate while each holds clearly to their own faith and conscience.”