Vatican Message for Ramadan: We Must Spread Hope
By Cindy Wooden – Christians and Muslims share a conviction that God calls them to be “witnesses, restorers and builders of hope” both in this life and...
Category: Interfaith dialogue
Jews and Christians Can Learn From Shared Scriptures
By Gina Christian – Jews and Christians can learn from each other’s shared Scriptures, according to two renowned academics. Such dialogue, they said, can help to move...
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Remembered
Catholics have joined faith leaders from around the world to offer prayers and tributes, after the death of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the internationally renowned philosopher, leading...
Catholic, Jewish Leaders Mark 55th Anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’
The formal structures that sponsor Catholic-Jewish dialogue are important, but their decades of success have relied on strong personal friendships and mutual respect, both of which must...
Pope and Religious Leaders Pray For Greater Care For One Another
By Cindy Wooden – The only way to end war and ensure humanity’s survival is “through encounter and negotiation, setting aside our conflicts and pursuing reconciliation, moderating the...
Pope Joins Interreligious Prayer, Begging God To End Pandemic
By Cindy Wooden – At a time of global “tragedy and suffering” because of the coronavirus, and in view of the long-term impact it will have, believers...
Jewish, Christian, Muslim Leaders Sign Declaration Against Euthanasia at Vatican
By Carol Glatz – 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...
Archbishop Peter Wells: Don’t Use Religion as a Political Tool
By Fr Paul Tatu CSS – Religion should not be used as a political tool or as a form of oppression, apostolic nuncio Archbishop Peter Wells told...
Pope: True Belief Leads to Respect and Peace
In an officially Muslim nation where Christians are welcomed as guest workers and free to worship, Pope Francis urged leaders of the world’s main religions to embrace...
Pope: Catholics Must Continue Seeking Pardon for Anti-Judaism
A few decades of respectful Catholic-Jewish dialogue pale in comparison to “19 centuries of Christian anti-Judaism,” Pope Francis said, so Catholics must continue to ask forgiveness and...
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...
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...
