Vatican document urges new paradigm of interreligious dialogue

A Vatican document marking 60 years of Nostra Aetate, approved by Pope Leo XIV in June and published on 16 September, describes the Church's older approach to other religions as defensive and insular. It proposes a "new paradigm" of dialogue and coexistence as a way of resolving conflicts, a reading offered here by a traditionalist Catholic critic who argues it abandons the call to convert. The shift shows a major religious institution framing exclusive truth claims as a source of conflict, a pattern relevant to Scripture's warnings about religious compromise and unity (Revelation 17; 2 Timothy 4:3).