Berlin, Germany, Sep 23, 2011 / 10:12 am
Catholics and Muslims can work together for the common good, Pope Benedict said on the second day of his state visit to Germany.
“As believers, setting out from our respective convictions, we can offer an important witness in many key areas of life in society,” said the Pope at a Sept. 23 gathering of Catholic and Muslim leaders in Berlin.
“I am thinking, for example, of the protection of the family based on marriage, respect for life in every phase of its natural course or the promotion of greater social justice.”
Germany has a Muslim population of four million – 5 percent of its population – with Berlin being the home of the largest Islamic community and the country’s oldest mosque.