Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

We who are Christian can, in light of this text—and the many others in the Quran—prayerfully return to the Gospel with a fresh eye.

To say that all this is complicated is not to evade hard questions, but to insist on hard study.

Just when Trump wants to close the door on Muslims, Pope Francis opens the holy door in St. Peter’s Basilica, insisting that divine mercy is never a closed door.

Underlying Donald Trump’s rant against Muslims seems to be a deep ignorance of Islam, and the loud pretense that such ignorance is not a problem.

All the fine words and deep insights of the Sermon on the Mount will do no good unless the listener is firmly planted on a firm foundation.

Good Catholics embrace dialogue; it is only our latter-day cafeteria Catholics who think they can omit dialogue from their theology, piety and practice.

Change is not to be feared; interreligious openness has not weakened, but strengthened the church.

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From start to finish, the memorial service at Ground Zero was a time of shared prayer, a remarkable interfaith moment of praying together.