Thursday, March 19, 2009

Pope Meets Cameroon's Muslims, Stresses Values

AFP: YAOUNDE — Pope Benedict XVI stressed the common values shared by Christianity and Islam at a meeting with leading members of Cameroon's Muslim community Thursday.

Cameroon "shelters thousands of Christians and Muslims who often live, work and carry out their religious devotions in the same neighbourhood," said the pope in a text distributed to journalists.

They all believed in a single God and shared "fundamental values" such as the family, social responsibility, obedience to God and care for the weak, he added. >>> Copyright © 2009 AFP | Thursday, March 19, 2009

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