Jim Fredericks

Catholic theologian and one of the most significant American voices in Buddhist-Christian dialogue. His interfaith work has taken him to Tehran for dinners with Iranian heads of state, to Kyoto for sustained friendship with the head of Japan's largest Buddhist denomination, and to the Vatican. A friend of Herbert's.

(Note: also appears in early vault notes as "Jim Fredriks" — both spellings refer to the same person.)

Connections Submitted

• Ali Larijani – invited Jim for dinner at his house in Tehran; former Speaker of Parliament and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator; Jim reports a bomb was dropped on his house in March 2026 and he is presumed dead
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – hosted Jim for dinner in Tehran when Ahmadinejad was mayor of the city (2003–2005); Jim reports he has been killed recently by a guided missile
• Cardinal Robert McElroy – old friend; Cardinal Archbishop of Washington D.C.
• Otani Monshu – abbot of Higashi Honganji, Kyoto; friends through interreligious dialogue
• Felix Machado – former Vatican Secretary for Interreligious Dialogue; long collaboration