Bridges - December 2025

Editorial

• Commemorating Nostra Aetate’s 60^th Anniversary

Nostra Aetate: 60^th Anniversary Special (pp. 2-5)

Centre News

• Fr Patrick Receives Inaugural UNDA Award (p.6)
• Window on the World’s Religions (p. 6)
• Talks on Interreligious Dialogue (p. 6)
• Fr Patrick Appointed Consultor to Vatican (p. 7)
• AIMEP Webinar (p. 7)
• Interfaith Prayer Service (p. 7)

World News

• Bridging Divides Through Music in Pakistan (p. 8)
• Cultivating Pluralism: A Roadmap for Tertiary Educators (p. 8)
• Indonesian Religious Leaders Condemn Intolerance (p. 8)
• Minister Anne Aly Promotes Dialogue in Jakarta (p. 9)
• Anniversary Spurs Parish-Level Dialogue in LA (p. 9)
• Book Launch: A Vision for Christian-Muslim Cooperation (p. 9)

Feature Articles

• Patriarch Calls for Global Alliance of Conscience (p. 10)
• Interfaith: Action for Dignity and for Earth (p. 11)
• National Response to Islamophobia Released (p. 12)
• Contestation in Nigeria (p. 13)
• Green Islam (p. 14)

Supplements

• Coming faith and interfaith events (p. 15)
• Resources for interreligious dialogue (p. 16)

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To all our Christian readers, blessings for Advent and Christmas
To all our Muslim readers, blessings for Ramadan, which begins around 16 February 2026
To all our readers, wishing you grace and peace in the New Year. 

Blessings,

Rev Dr Patrick McInerney
Director, Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations

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