What Could Islam Ever Teach Us?
Donovan du Plooy, via e-mail – I would like express my disgust at the article “What Catholics can learn from Muslims”. I am not entirely sure where this article is coming from; is it...
Category: Interfaith dialogue
What Catholics Can Learn from Muslims
In South Africa, Muslims constitute about 2% of the total population. Because both Islam and Christianity are Abrahamic religions, the two faiths echo in key beliefs and practices. Considering the fundamental elements of the...
Vatican: Respect, Don’t Just Tolerate Different Religions
Peace and harmony will not result from members of different religions simply tolerating each other; respect and appreciation of customs and cultural diversity is required
Pope offers New Year Greetings to World’s Jewish Communities
Pope Francis praised the increasingly friendly and fruitful relations between the Catholic Church and Jewish leaders as he also wished the world’s Jewish communities a happy Rosh Hashanah.
Holy Land Franciscans Build Interreligious Bridge with Buddhist Camp
A group of more than 30 Buddhist children, ages 7 to 18, from the U.S. Zen Institute summer camp in Germantown, Maryland, visited the Franciscan Monastery to learn about Christianity, St. Francis and his...
International Teens Realise They All Like the Same Things
Anytime there was singing, Palestinian Adan Othman-Cabat and Israeli Niri Boasson were the first to join in. “She has an amazing voice. The first time I heard it I was blown away,” Othman-Cabat, 18,...
Friendship Across Faiths: The Pope and the Rabbi
Reaching out to people of other religions can be both challenging and enriching for individuals and is the only hope for true peace in the world, said a variety of religious leaders, including Pope...
Safeguarding Creation is Religious Obligation for All
Christians and Muslims, believers in one God, have an obligation to safeguard the world God created, said the Vatican’s annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan. “Our vocation to be guardians of...
Pope to Imams: Let’s Listen to Each Other
Religious leaders need to listen to one another, and they must teach their followers to do the same, Pope Francis told four imams visiting from Great Britain. “The most important work we must do...
Three Continents, Three Generations and Three Religions
The Bible calls believers to live in harmony, pope says The Torah, the first five books of the Bible, tell the story of God’s love for humanity and his desire that people live in...
‘Mercy is the key to understanding the mystery of man’
Authentic religions help people understand that they are, in fact, loved and can be forgiven and are called to love and forgive others, Pope Francis said.”We thirst for mercy, and no technology can quench...
Shameful: Clean Water is not a Priority
Allowing people to drink unsafe water or have no access to dependable, clean sources of water is shameful, Cardinal Peter Turkson told religious leaders. “It is a continuing shame,” too, that people’s needs “are...
