Cardinal Fitzgerald noted that Francis took inspiration for the encyclical not only from St. Francis of Assisi but also from the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb.
Interreligious Dialogue
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Tim Shriver: Our religions can unite us if we build them back better
The mystics of all the great traditions teach that the experience of oneness is not only attainable but also essential. And our country needs that unity now more than ever.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Podcast: Interfaith work is crucial to overcoming our country’s divisions
A conversation with Dr. Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How should France respond to latest terror attacks? Look to the Catholic Church.
Could French president Macron’s moves to counter the threat of homegrown Islamic extremism in the end “boomerang,” leading only to greater alienation of Muslim youth from French society?
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis wears mask during interfaith prayer gathering as Covid cases rise at the Vatican
In keeping with Italian law, all of the religious leaders, including Pope Francis, wore a mask except when delivering their speeches, which they did while keeping a distance from those listening.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Is Nigeria’s new business reform law a threat to religious freedom?
President Buhari’s push to corporatize religious houses is causing tension with religious leaders who accuse him of bias against Christians.
Posted inFaith, News
Christians mark a ‘day of mourning’ as Hagia Sophia opens for Muslim prayers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined hundreds of worshipers Friday for the first Muslim prayers in 86 years inside Hagia Sophia.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Hagia Sophia shouldn’t be a mosque or a Christian church—it should be both
Two symbolic sites, the Hagia Sophia and the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, could serve as models for international and interreligious cooperation, writes Peter Dziedzic.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Myanmar’s religious leaders appeal for peace and the common good
The appeal was signed by the more than 40 of the foremost religious figures of this majority-Buddhist state, including Cardinal Charles Maung Bo.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Turkey’s President Erdogan officially reconverts Hagia Sophia into a mosque
The Unesco World Heritage site in Istanbul, founded as a Christian church in the 6th century, transformed into a mosque in the 15th century and then into a museum in 1934, will reopen as a mosque on July 24 with Friday prayers.