- Multireligious Institute on Mercy
The Institute on Mercy draws its inspiration from the importance that the world’s different spiritual traditions attach, in original ways, to the articulation between justice and mercy. Its creation follows on from the Abu Dhabi Declaration on Human Fraternity, co-signed in 2019 by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, and subsequently recognized and extended by major religious traditions at the Astana meeting in 2022.
The Institute on Mercy aims to highlight “justice and mercy as two inseparable pillars” (see Declaration) of authentic fraternity, founded on the recognition of the inalienable dignity of every human person. It seeks to contribute—through collaborative research, gatherings, teaching, and interfaith witness—to fostering a culture of encounter, mercy, and peace.
“The world would be less deserted if we could recognize a common vocation, that of multiplying the fountains of mercy […] and drinking from them.
(Christian de Chergé, L’invincible espérance).
World Interfaith Meeting
on Justice and Mercy
Bali, Indonesia
, Spring 2027
in collaboration with the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
In progress
THEOLOGICAL MANIFESTO
Mercy as a theology of hope
In progress
In progress
MANIFESTO: On Mercy
in Islam
THEOLOGICAL & ANTHROPOLOGICAL MANIFESTO
Justice & Mercy
in Judaism
In progress
The Institute’s first project is to organize the World Interfaith Meeting on Justice and Mercy (WIMJM 2027) in Bali in the spring of 2027, and to initiate the process of multi-religious witness to mercy for the benefit of the most disadvantaged on the islands of Flores, Lombok and Bali.
The Multireligious Institute fosters a multireligious commitment to mercy toward those in need; working with both believers and non-religious individuals, in collaboration with institutional leaders, it reinterprets this as an experience of connection to the transcendent and to others; it thus provides everyone, in a variety of ways, with inspiration, opportunities, and tools to jointly build a culture of mercy; it also offers a platform that facilitates encounters and provides resources for interfaith dialogue and human fraternity, drawing on collaborative spiritual and/or academic research; it develops and facilitates in-person or online training programs as needed, led by teachers from various spiritual traditions—working in pairs at a minimum—and featuring multiconfessional testimonies.
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