Pope Leo XIV to repeat 1986 Assisi interreligious prayer for peace

LifeSite's analysis revisits the 1986 Assisi World Day of Prayer for Peace, when John Paul II hosted 47 delegations from thirteen religions, each praying in its own rite, as Leo XIV prepares to repeat the event on its 40th anniversary. The article reports that some groups used Catholic churches for their own worship, and it presents the event as a critic's view of indifferentism. The story matters because it shows interreligious gatherings being framed as a path to peace, a pattern relevant to wider religious unity, though this is a traditionalist critique rather than evidence of a new world religion.