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Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: It’s Time to Reevaluate Interreligious Dialogue – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: It’s Time to Reevaluate Interreligious Dialogue

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Pope Leo XIV in Turkey: Visit to the Blue Mosque. November 29, 2025. Screenshot by EWTN News/Youtube

By Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, Crisis Magazine, Dec. 2, 2025

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, J.D., J.C.D. is a priest of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary, and a Visiting Professor at ITI Catholic University in Trumau, Austria. He holds a doctorate in canon law and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

I do not have a single problem in having interreligious dialogues and encounters if they are geared to drawing Muslims (and other non-Christians) to embracing the fullness of who God is as taught by the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV made his first official papal visit to Turkey last week, where he encouraged the small Catholic community to find strength in Christ. He also recited the original Creed promulgated by the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325—in an effort to bolster unity with representatives from the Apostolic Alexandrian, Antiochian, Armenian, and Chaldean Churches, which separated from Rome in 451, and the Church of Constantinople, which broke away in 1054 and once more in 1484.

The pontiff also went to visit the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where, at the behest of his guide the imam Askin Musa Tunca, he was invited to pray saying: “This is the house of Allah—it’s not my house; it’s not your house.” To which Leo responded: “No, I’ll just look around.” ….

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: It’s Time to Reevaluate Interreligious Dialogue

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By Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, Crisis Magazine, Dec. 2, 2025

I do not have a single problem in having interreligious dialogues and encounters if they are geared to drawing Muslims (and other non-Christians) to embracing the fullness of who God is as taught by the Catholic Church.

The pontiff also went to visit the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where, at the behest of his guide the imam Askin Musa Tunca, he was invited to pray saying: “This is the house of Allah—it’s not my house; it’s not your house.” To which Leo responded: “No, I’ll just look around.” ….

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