“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 […]
Interreligious Dialogue
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
A conversation on why Catholics need to dialogue with Muslims
Many U.S. Catholics have not only ignored their Muslim brothers and sisters but harbor discriminatory views about Muslims at alarming rates.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Creationism isn’t about science, it’s about theology (and it’s really bad theology)
The Creation Museum is a $27 million example of how Christians can lose their way fighting the culture wars.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Palestinian Christians slam Vice President Pence’s pro-Israel faith
Pence was in Jerusalem on Monday, expressing his full-throated support for Israel in a speech to parliament filled with biblical references.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Buddhists and Catholics must unite against “intolerance, prejudice and hatred”
Pope Francis called on Catholics and Buddhists in Myanmar “to be united” in order “to heal the wounds of conflict that through the years have divided people of different cultures, ethnicities and religious convictions.” He reminded them that to achieve this unity it is necessary “to surmount all forms of misunderstanding, intolerance, prejudice and hatred.” […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A theologian targeted by the Vatican defends religious pluralism
“The church as a whole, cannot grasp the vastness of God,” Peter Phan argues.
Posted inFaith, News
Respect, don’t just tolerate other religions, Vatican officials say in Diwali message
The path to mutual respect between communities has no room for intolerance.
Posted inFaith, Features
When a Jew and a Catholic marry
There are tens of thousands of Jewish-Catholic intermarriages in the United States, and a good number of them involve partners with strong commitments to their separate traditions.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Thousands of faith leaders ask Congress to protect Johnson Amendment
“Changing the law would threaten the integrity and independence of houses of worship,” reads the letter faith leaders sent to protect church-state separation.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Clergy preach peace during Kenyan national elections
In the weeks before Kenya’s election on Aug. 8, ethnic tensions ran high, prompting religious leaders—Christian and Muslim—to preach for peace.