The ninth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium, a meeting of Buddhist and Christian leaders, will be held in 2027 in Sri Lanka.
The Buddhist-Christian Colloquium aims to improve cooperation and promote understanding between Buddhists and Christians in the fight for peace.
It seeks to advance harmony and collaboration by utilizing common spiritual resources. It provides a forum for discussion and introspection on how to deal with issues like poverty, environmental degradation, and violence on a global scale.
The colloquium is seen as an important reminder of how religion can foster harmony.
The last (the eighth) Buddhist-Christian Colloquium was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from May 27-30, 2025.
In Cambodia, it was decided that the next Buddhist-Christian Colloquium will be held in Sri Lanka, according to Father Daniele Mazza, a PIME missionary based in Thailand. He was one of the participants at the eighth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium in Cambodia,
Although Buddhism is the most common religion in Sri Lanka, an island nation, there are sizable communities of Muslims and Hindus, and Christians constitute about 7% of the 22 million people who live there.
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (Vatican) and the Catholic Church in the hosting country organize the event.
The colloquium draws its roots in Nostra Aetate (in our time) in promoting spiritual partnership between Christianity and Buddhism for peace, common good, and solidarity.
Pope Paul VI formally declared the Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council's Nostra Aetate on October 28, 1965. It discusses the relationship between the Church and non-Christian faiths, encouraging communication and understanding.
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