The world's three top Christian leaders -- Pope Francis, the archbishop of Canterbury, and the patriarch of Constantinople -- will come together later this month to pray for peace alongside Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist representatives, the Washington Post website reports today (September 1, 2016).
The Vatican released the details of the September 20 prayer day in the hilltop town of Assisi, the birthplace of St. Francis of Assisi, the peace-loving namesake of the pope.
Francis has followed in the footsteps of his two predecessors in traveling to Assisi for the prayer event, which is organized each year by the Catholic charity Sant'Egidio alongside Assisi's Franciscan friars.
The program calls for the religious leaders to have lunch together along with some victims of war, to pray separately, and to sign a joint appeal for peace.
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