While Canadian Muslim communities grieve and regroup, the violence has other Canadians rethinking how Muslims are treated and perceived in Canada.
Interreligious Dialogue
Posted inPolitics & Society
Pope Francis condemns terror attack on Quebec mosque
Christians and Muslims must remain “united together in prayer,” the pope said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What Catholics owe their Muslim brothers and sisters
It should not be difficult for Catholics to acknowledge the reality of Islamophobia.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Native American Holy Man who did not surrender all to the Jesuits
What Black Elk taught his people was to depend instead on something harder to take away than guns, the trust that prayers in their own language, delivered in their own way, would reach the god they addressed as Tunkashila.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Ending of Muslim registry praised by Catholic organizations
Some see the end of the registry as a way to make it difficult for an incoming Donald Trump administration to target Muslims through such a program.
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Pope Francis calls for people to hold fast to faith after terrorist attacks in Egypt and Turkey
“We are united in the blood of our martyrs,” Pope Francis said.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How Elizabeth I engaged with the Muslim world
The combination of religion and politics then, just as today, was reinforced in cultural practices.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 14 that the death penalty cannot be imposed unless the jury is unanimous in the decision, aligning Florida with sentencing standards in most other states. • As Catholics and Lutherans mark the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation o
Posted inDispatches, Faith
500 Years after the reformation, Swedes greet the first Jesuit pope.
“I love Påven!” said an old Swedish Lutheran.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
To mark the Reformation, Catholics and Lutherans are focusing on what unites them: justice and peace.
Pope Francis is in Sweden today to mark the start of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.