Vatican marks 40 years of the Assisi interreligious Day of Prayer for Peace

Vatican News marks the 40th anniversary of John Paul II's 1986 interreligious Day of Prayer for Peace at Assisi, tracing its legacy through Benedict XVI, Francis and Leo XIV, who invites religions to draw on their own roots against hatred and violence. The article says each pontiff rejected syncretism and a single common religion, while stressing that no one may claim God as an exclusive possession. Scripture teaches that Christ is the only way to the Father (John 14:6), so efforts to unite religions around peace are a pattern worth watching, especially if exclusive faith is later blamed for conflict.