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Pope's letter to non-believers in Italian paper La Repubblica
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMDoes God forgive non-believers? Does absolute truth exist? And is God merely a creation of the human mind? In a lengthy letter to the former editor of the Italian daily ‘La Repubblica’, Eugenio Scalfari, Pope Francis shares reflections on these three questions and urges all ... -
Day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria (Sep. 9, 2013)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMVarious Christian denominations, Muslims, members of other religions and atheists take part. The prayer vigil, with the presence of Pope Francis starts at 19 in St. Peter's Square. Obama receives the full support of France and generic support of 10 other states. -
Muslim intellectual calls for prayer with pope for peace in Syria
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMRidwan al-Sayyid, a professor of Islamic studies in Beirut, calls on the international community to listen to the pope's words. The World Day of Prayer for Peace in Syria is "an opportunity to open the door to a peaceful solution of the conflict. Armed action in Syria will lead to a war in the Middle East." -
Youth build multi-faith community in Bossey
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMYoung people of the Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths have recently created a unique community at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland. Together they seek to break religious stereotypes, promote mutual respect and enhance their... -
Strong enthusiasm for Smiles of the Buddha
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn 1967 Nobel Laureate Martin Luther King Jr nominated the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize. The photo above shows laureate and nominee together and the text of Martin Luther King's nomination letter ... -
Learning and Re-Learning to Keep Sabbath
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThere is something inherently difficult for human beings in finding time for rest and renewal. There’s just something in our nature that causes us to never be completely content and that makes it hard for us to meet our own standards or anyone else’s. This is why ... -
The Reality and Presence of God
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM“When you come into the world you are born with a nature to submit to one greater than yourself. That didn’t come to you in a book. That is ingrained in the very nature in which you are created. “So, belief in God is the very essence of our nature, and belief in God is ... -
Echoes of Peace between Muslim and Christian
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLike every other Christian on the West side of the world, I knew little of the Muslin world, except what was portrait by the media. September 11, 2001 awakened us to the existence of the Muslim world by bringing fear in the hearts of westerners. Many of us became suspicious of anyone ... -
Bangladesh: Christians and Muslims together can bring peace to the world
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn greetings for the end of Ramadan Msgr. Bejoy N. D'Cruze, President of the Episcopal Commission for Christian unity and interfaith dialogue, reflect on what the two great religions have in common. It is important to "respect all faiths, its teachings and its values." -
Anti-Islam blogger scheduled to speak at EMU in event hosted by a Catholic radio station
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMRobert Spencer, an anti-Islam blogger and author who was recently banned from the United Kingdom for his alleged association with hate groups, will speak at a symposium at Eastern Michigan University Saturday... -
Pope Francis mulls sainthood for Pius XII before beatification
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis is considering whether he will make Pope Pius XII a saint, in the same way that he approved the cause of John XXIII. A source who works at the Vatican’s Congregation for Causes of Saints, who asked for ... -
Catholic Churches of Holy Land: appointment in Nazareth to conclude the Year of Faith
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn Holy Land the Year of Faith will end on Sunday November 17 in Nazareth, with an "International Day of Faith" and with a solemn Mass presided over by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal. -
The Pope signs message for end of Ramadan
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFor the feast of 'Id al-Fitr', which closes the holy month of Islam, Francis signs the traditional message sent to the Muslim communities around the world: "I wanted to do it as an expression of esteem and friendship for all Muslims, especially those who are religious leaders. " Two religions ... -
Interreligious Leaders Support Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn a July 26 letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, 30 Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders, including three Catholic bishops, voiced "strong support for his determined initiative for Israeli-Palestinian peace." In letters to the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the... -
Millions of Muslims devoted to Our Lady and eager for exorcism
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFatima, Harissa, Damascus, Samalut, Assiut, Zeitun and many other places where the Virgin appeared are the destination of incessant pilgrimages from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran. Pilgrims in search of physical but also spiritual healing; spontaneous and mystical prayer... -
Solidarity with Buddhists over Mahabodhi temple blasts
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has expressed “heartfelt sorrow and solidarity” with the Buddhist community over the recent bomb blasts at the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya, in the north Indian state of Bihar. -
Faith Forum: Is it acceptable to lampoon religion?
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMReligion and humor: Should religion be more comfortable with humor? Should religion have immunity from mockery? Is poking fun at religion a violation of the divine? Some argue that religion, being revered and venerated, should not be ridiculed, as lampooning religion ... -
Uttarakhand floods: God not to blame for natural disasters, says priest
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM"Let us thank the Lord for all the corporal and spiritual graces granted to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in this holy place," said Fr Savio de Sales, director of the Pontifical Mission Societies for the archdiocese. "Pray for [. . .] a new world order, a transformation of ... -
Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee holds meeting in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee held its 19th Meeting in Rome, on June 18th and 19th, presided over for the Catholic side by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and presided over for the ... -
Africa - The Catholic Church at the center of dialogue among the faiths to ease the tension
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM"We have started dialogue between Muslims, Catholics and Protestants to calm the situation down, otherwise this Country is likely to explode," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Munos, Bishop of Bangassou, which is situated in Bangui for a -
Oasis: with the death of secular humanism, it is time to build new bridges
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMn the first day of the Oasis Centre's annual conference, participants hear that secularism and the 'crisis of man'-that of an inward-looking man, stalked by radical environmentalism, man as an animal, a 'monkey'-appear to be at an end... -
Multi-faith prayers held in Reno for Nelson Mandela
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLeaders from diverse religions in Northern Nevada gathered Sunday for an interfaith service to pray for Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela, who is in a South Africa hospital. -
Oasis: benefits and risks of secularization in Muslim-Christian sphere
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAt the annual meeting of the Scientific Committee of the magazine founded by Card. Angelo Scola, testimony from Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria. Many personalities from the international academic world present. Discussion focuses on secularization brought about by the "Arab Spring", the fundamentalist fallout and western secularism. -
Extremists attack a peaceful Muslim-Christian conference in Surabaya
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMMembers of the Islamic Defenders Front stopped an interfaith meeting by force. The images caught on video were posted on YouTube. Complicit with the violent protesters, police detain event organisers. Orthodox Christian activist notes the conference had the right permits, bemoans rising intolerance. -
Dialogue and charity for a new society: Card. Sarah for the 60 years of Caritas
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTireless work to "contribute to the formation and development of man": is what is carried out by Caritas Hong Kong, one of the largest diocesan Caritas in the world, with over 10 thousand volunteers and ... -
Muslims, Hindus and Catholics remember Baniarchar church victims
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM"A church is a sacred place," Hindu leader James Subroto Hajra told AsiaNews. "Everyone should be free to profess their faith. For this reason, we want the culprits to get exemplary punishment." -
Parvis des Gentils 2013 à Marseille - Sous la forme d'un "Parvis du Coeur"
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLa prochaine étape du "Parvis des Gentils", plate-forme de dialogue entre l’Eglise et les non-croyants à l’initiative de Benoît XVI, aura lieu à Marseille du 5 au 8 juin 2013. -
Khalid, the young Muslim who reveals story of mosaics in Jerusalem’s Christian churches
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOriginally from Bethlehem, Khalid Hamdan has a degree in art history and now explains the mosaics of the nations Basilica to schoolchildren in Jerusalem. Most of the students are Muslims and have never been in a church. Helping Muslim children to know where they live and especially ... -
Christian Church opens doors to Muslims
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOn a bitterly cold and snowing afternoon in Aberdeen, the doors of St John's Episcopal Church are open to hundreds of Muslim worshippers, arriving for daily prayers.The familiar sounds of Christian hymns have been replaced with Islamic prayer in the chapel this Friday lunchtime and the ... -
KAICIID dialogue centre holding conference series on "The Image of the Other"
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe King Abdullah International Center for Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Dialogue, KAICIID, of which the Holy See is a Founding Observer, is conducting a three-year series of conferences aimed at combatting harmful stereotypes and removing common...