Nostra aetate, 60 years on: Church renews dialogue against hatred and division

In brief

Three Vatican Dicasteries published a note titled A Journey of Hope to mark the 60th anniversary of the declaration Nostra aetate. The document calls for efforts to counter fundamentalism, protect religious freedom, and establish coexistence based on fraternity.

The anniversary commemorates the original declaration, which changed relations between Catholics, Jews, and believers of other faiths following the Second World War. The new note encourages increased understanding between religions in a world described as increasingly diverse and conflict-ridden.