Jude Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Salem, an advisor to the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, praised Pope Francis as being dedicated to achieving “human fraternity.”
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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
Pope Francis ‘very saddened’ at the reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Pope Francis’ brief words at the Sunday Angelus are the Vatican’s first public response to the Turkish president’s move to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque.
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.
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Court considers status of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia
An appeal is being made to Turkey’s highest administrative court to have it reject a proposal of having Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia revert to being a mosque instead of a museum.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Our Muslim health forum was zoombombed. I still believe in the good of humanity.
My heart rate spiked. My hands began to shake and sweat and then turned cold. I was suddenly alert, alarmed. Were we just zoombombed?
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Pastor apologizes for words ‘hurtful to Muslims’ in homily on immigration
In a homily Father VanDenBroeke gave on Jan. 5, the feast of the Epiphany and, in Minnesota, Immigration Sunday, he acknowledged the complexity of immigration as a political issue and that the Bible challenges Catholics to “welcome strangers.”
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Caritas delivers food aid to flood victims in Muslim Somalia
The aid reached families in Berdale, a small town center of 50,000 people, including 6,000 people displaced from their homes.
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Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders sign declaration against euthanasia
Representatives from the Catholic and Orthodox churches and the Muslim and Jewish faiths signed a joint declaration at the Vatican reaffirming each religion’s clear opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
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Why I brought my family to a mosque after Sunday Mass
Truth and beauty can be found outside the walls of church, in a space that belongs to those who worship differently.