TODAY is Guanyin’s Birthday! Guanyin is the boddhisattva of compassion. She is possibly the most widely revered/beloved bodhisattva in Chinese Buddhism
Liao Dynasty (916-1125) wood carving of Guanyin from Shanxi province on display at the Nelson Museum in Kansas City, MO.
MESSAGE
I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it speaks to the very essence of what all major religions teach.
Indeed, whether we look to Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any of the world's great spiritual traditions, the message is fundamentally the same: love, compassion, tolerance, and self-discipline. Violence finds no true home in any of these teachings. History has shown us time and again that violence only begets more violence and is never a lasting foundation for peace.
An enduring resolution to conflict, including the ones we see in the Middle East or between Russia and Ukraine, must be rooted in dialogue, diplomacy and mutual respect — approached with the understanding that, at the deepest level, we are all brothers and sisters.
I urge for and pray that the violence and conflicts may soon come to an end.
DALAI LAMA
31 March 2026
I was deeply grateful for Pope Leo’s gracious letter on my Installation as Archbishop of Canterbury.
I have responded assuring the Holy Father of my prayers. I look forward to meeting the Pope soon, and strengthening the bonds of friendship and commitment to Christian unity.
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I am Sarah, a servant of Jesus Christ, and I come as one seeking the grace of God, to travel with you in his service together.
I am sent as archbishop to serve you to proclaim the love a Christ and with you to worship and love him with heart and soul, mind and strength.
NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV just called for the permanent abolition of aerial bombing — a first for any pope.
“Airplanes should always be vehicles of peace, never war. No one should have to fear that threats of death and destruction might come from the sky.”
The demand came as Trump’s war against Iran entered week four. https://t.co/OxN1sdemKX
All men and women, especially Christians, are called to fix their gaze on those who suffer, on the pain of the lonely, and on those who are emarginated for various reasons, for without them we cannot build a just society. Only together can we build communities of solidarity capable of caring for everyone, in which wellbeing and peace can flourish for the benefit of all. Caring for the humanity of others helps us to live our own lives to the full.
On behalf of the Christians of the #MiddleEast, and of all women and men of good will, I appeal to those responsible for this conflict: cease fire! May paths of dialogue be reopened! Violence can never lead to the justice, stability and peace for which the peoples are waiting.