“The time has come to present a proposal based on the aim that when we obtain the presidency, we must not only seek to achieve material well-being, we must also seek well-being for the soul,” said the veteran leftist and runaway favorite to win the July 1 presidential election.
Interreligious Dialogue
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Can the church in Nigeria stop the violence between herders and farmers?
Benue State is in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. This region, a hotbed of sectarian unrest, has suffered particularly because of clashes between largely Muslim Fulani cattle herders and mostly Christian farming communities.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
Is ‘dialogue’ just an empty buzzword for Christians?
Charity is lacking in the dialogue of our polarized church. But this doesn’t mean something is wrong with dialogue itself.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pakistani court ruling aims to publicly identify all religious minorities
“Many people will face socioeconomic exclusion if the order is implemented.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Priest’s death shows fragility of peace in Central African Republic
Cardinal Dieudone Nzapalainga of Bangui joined Imam Omar Kobine Layama March 26 in denouncing the priest’s killing.
Posted inFaith, News
Catholics, Muslims urged to look inward first in interreligious efforts
“We have to begin with our own attitudes—not just Catholics who are prejudiced, but…my attitude towards my fellow Catholics who I may perceive as Islamophobic.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican congregation rejects modern forms of old heresies
Today’s letter reflects a somewhat different style and spirit than Benedict XVI’s “Dominus Iesus.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How the Buddha became a popular Christian saint
Two of medieval Europe’s most popular saints, Barlaam and Josaphat, were in fact Christianized versions of the Buddha.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Reading Islam’s holy book
In What the Qur’an Meant and Why It Matters, Garry Wills offers what he hopes can be a remedy to this fear: an invitation to pick up the Quran and read it, as he has done.
Posted inFaith
A conversation on why Catholics need to dialogue with Muslims
“It is not possible to build bridges between people while forgetting God,” Pope Francis said early in his pontificate. “But the converse is also true: it is not possible to establish true links with God, while ignoring other people.” Many U.S. Catholics have not only ignored their Muslim brothers and sisters but harbor discriminatory views […]