Asian voices at Assisi prayer meeting for peace

Pope Francis and leaders and representatives of ‎450 representatives of Christianity, Islam,‎ Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Sikhism, ‎Zoroastrianism and other religions of the world said "No to War!" on Sept. 20, vowing to oppose ‎terrorism in God's name and appealing to politicians to listen to "the anguished cry of so many ‎innocents".‎  They made the appeal at the end an international interreligious prayer meeting in the central ‎Italian town of Assisi, that was home to St. Francis, the popular 13th century saint revered by many ‎religions as a patron of peace and nature and a defender of the poor.‎  ‎

Many of those who joined Pope Francis in appealing for peace were from Asia.  Listen to a programme on the Assisi peace meeting: