The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue devoted its annual message for Ramadan to “Christians and Muslims: Sharing joys and sorrows.”

“Our hope, dear Muslim brothers and sisters, is that we continue sharing the joys and sorrows of all our neighbors and friends, because God’s love embraces every person and the entire universe,” the Pontifical Council stated in its message, dated February 18 and released April 8. “As a sign of our shared humanity and the fraternity that flows from it, we wish you a peaceful and fruitful Ramadan and a joyful celebration of ‘Id al-Fitr.”