IQNA – A senior Iranian cleric has extended congratulations to the new head of the Catholic Church, calling for greater interfaith dialogue and cooperation in a letter that also pays tribute to the late Pope Francis.
News ID: 3493146 Publish Date : 2025/05/19
IQNA – Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, taking the name Leo XIV, marking the first time in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history that a pope hails from the United States.
News ID: 3493002 Publish Date : 2025/05/09
IQNA – Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed, following a prolonged period of declining health that saw the pontiff undergo repeated hospitalizations in recent years.
News ID: 3492774 Publish Date : 2025/04/21
IQNA – A former Iranian ambassador to the Vatican described interfaith dialogue between Islam and Christianity as a form of art and technical issue that requires the two sides’ mutual understanding.
News ID: 3491590 Publish Date : 2025/01/25
IQNA – The secretary-general of the Muslim World League and Pope Francis held talks in the Vatican.
News ID: 3491146 Publish Date : 2024/12/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Former Pope Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday in a Vatican monastery after his health condition deteriorated.
News ID: 3481883 Publish Date : 2022/12/31
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The director of Iran’s Islamic seminaries pointed to interfaith studies when meeting with a high-ranking cardinal in the Vatican.
News ID: 3479163 Publish Date : 2022/06/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Iranian cleric conveyed a message of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei to Pope Francis.
News ID: 3479140 Publish Date : 2022/06/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Vatican appointed Lebanese scholar Sayyed Ali Sayyed Qassem as a member of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims.
News ID: 3478284 Publish Date : 2022/03/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A session to promote interfaith dialogue was held with the participation of representatives of Al-Azhar Islamic Center, Vatican, and Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church.
News ID: 3476809 Publish Date : 2021/12/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi pointed to the need for seeking God and spirituality in today’s world.
News ID: 3476643 Publish Date : 2021/11/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A delegation from the Vatican visited the office of senior cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq.
News ID: 3474049 Publish Date : 2021/02/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A delegation from the Vatican visited the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf, Iraq, on Thursday.
News ID: 3473952 Publish Date : 2021/02/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The office of Pope Francis said it has contacted the United States’ UN mission to convey Iran’s concerns about the anti-Tehran sanctions that have hampered efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 3471107 Publish Date : 2020/04/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Participants in the 11th round of the religious dialogue between the Iranian Center for Interfaith Dialogue and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue of Vatican released a statement at the end of the gathering.
News ID: 3469868 Publish Date : 2019/11/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 11th round of the religious dialogue between the Iranian Center for Interfaith Dialogue and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue of Vatican will be held on November 11-12 in Tehran.
News ID: 3469834 Publish Date : 2019/11/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – In a message dedicated to Islam's holy month of Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr, the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, PCID, has urged Christians and Muslims worldwide to build bridges of brotherhood and promote the culture of dialogue.
News ID: 3468484 Publish Date : 2019/05/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The leader of the worldwide Catholic Church thanked an Iranian woman for gifting him calligraphy works featuring verses of the Holy Quran.
News ID: 3467212 Publish Date : 2018/11/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Participants in the 10th round of Iran-Vatican Interfaith Dialogue underlined the need for efforts to counter extremism in the world.
News ID: 3461509 Publish Date : 2016/11/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Vatican City will host the 10th edition of Iran-Vatican interreligious dialogue on Tuesday.
News ID: 3461463 Publish Date : 2016/11/19
