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I have sometimes invited Muslim friends to a cup of tea and asked if they would like to discuss the message of the Bible. This has resulted in long informal Bible studies.

With close collaboration between the Catholic and Evangelical churches, and financial support from various public and private institutions, the cloister of a Cistercian monastery was restored, which now will bring together people in search of prayer, silence, and peace.

In the Chaldean cathedral of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, the Archbishop Mgr. Louis Sako has met with about 35 boys and girls, Muslims and Christians, on "non-violence and peaceful coexistence" among the faithful of the two great monotheistic religions. The event was held in the late afternoon of March 3: For the third time the young people held animated discussions and exchanges, to strengthen the hopes and expectations of interfaith harmony in the city.

Today, we hear Our Lord saying that “No prophet is honored in his own country” (Lk 4:24). These words - uttered by Jesus - have been for many of us - more than once - justification and excuse not to complicate our lives. But, in fact, Jesus Christ, only wants to warn us, his disciples, that things are not as easy as they may look and, more often than not, amongst those supposedly knowing us best, things may still become more difficult.

He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."

Ivan Luna, a Focolare youth, celebrates life with its joys, failures and successes.

This is the hypertexted version of The Meanings Of The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusufali.

Today, Matthew's Gospel invites us to ponder over the mystery of forgiveness by proposing a parallel between God's ways and our own human behavior when it comes to forgiving others.

Therefore, Jesus, with his presence, abides by God's wish to get closer to man. This is why He says “Do not think that I have come to remove the Law and the Prophets. I have not come to remove but to fulfill them” (Mt 5:17). He comes to enrich us, to enlighten us, so that men come to know God's true face and may enter in closeness with him.

The history of Catholic Church in Vietnam can be divided into 3 periods: The beginning stage of Catholic Faith in Vietnam, The Challenging and Persecution Period, From the hierarchy establishment to current time.

In the Common Letter post Congress of the People of God 2010 titled “Together build the love and life of civilization”, the Vietnamese Bishops pointed out the orientation for carrying out evangelization in Vietnam. Concretely, the pastors proposed that the Vietnamese People of God community perform “heart to heart dialogue” with other religions, the poor and non – religious people.

Tokyo (AsiaNews/ Agencies) - At 2.46 pm, Japan paused for a minute of silence to remember the 19,000 people who died on 11 March 2011 as a result of a chain of events that began with an earthquake and ended with a tsunami crashing on towns and villages in the northern prefectures of Sendai, Miyagi and Fukushima.

This is the hypertexted version of The Meanings Of The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusufali.

The number of Catholics with respect to the total population varies considerably between the continents. Their numbers have dropped in South America (from 28.54 per cent to 28.34 per cent) and in Europe (from 24.05 per cent to 23.83 per cent), while they have increased in Africa (from 15.15 per cent to 15.55 per cent) and in South-East Asia (from 10.47 per cent to 10.87 per cent).

Ahead of the March 23-29 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba, the president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba, Archbishop Dionisio Garcia Ibáñez of Santiago de Cuba, offers the following reflection, in English and Spanish, to share with U.S. Catholics just what this visit means to the Church in Cuba.

Répondre à l'objectif de sanctification de soi-même indiqué par l'Année des Laïcs ; promouvoir le triple ministère prophétique, sacerdotale et royal des laïcs ; encourager l'échange d'expériences entre les membres de la communauté catholique chinoise éparpillée au quatre coins du monde : tels sont les motifs du Congrès sur le Ministère des Laïcs qui se tiendra à Hong Kong du 27 octobre au 1er novembre prochains...

Each time the texts speak of the devil, we feel, maybe, slightly uncomfortable. However, it is true evil exists, and it is so deeply rooted we cannot fully remove it. It is also true evil has a very broad scope: it keeps on “digging” and we simply cannot stop it. Yet, Jesus has come to fight these evil forces, to fight the devil. He is the only one who can drive him out.

Today, Lenten liturgy presents us Love as the deepest root of our self- communication with God: “Our soul cannot live without love, it always wants to love something, for our soul is made of love, as I made it because of love” (Saint Catherine of Siena). God is almighty love, extreme love, crucified love: “It is there [on the Cross] that this truth can be contemplated” (Benedict XVI).

This is the hypertexted version of The Meanings Of The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusufali.

Today, Christ presents us with two men who, to a casual observer, might appear almost identical for they are in the same place doing the same thing, as both “went up to the Temple to pray” (Lk 18:10). But beyond appearances, at the deepest level of their personal consciences, both men differ radically: one, the Pharisee, has an easy conscience while the other, the tax collector, is racked by feelings of guilt.

In the passage we are contemplating we see that in each person we can find a knot made of three strings. These three strings cannot be untangled unless each is taken into consideration at the same time. The first string relates to God; the second one to our fellowmen; and the third one to ourselves. Let us look carefully: those Jesus was addressing were “persons fully convinced of their own righteous­ness, who looked down on others” (Lk 18:9) but who, therefore, were not praying rightly. The three strings are always related to each other!

Nous sommes tous conscients qu’il y a actuellement dans l’Église, une crise de la pénitence. On dit que les confessionnaux sont vides, mais ils le sont des deux côtés, soit parce que les fidèles manquent, soit parce que les prêtres n’y entrent plus. Fut un temps où le prêtre attendait des heures et des heures, ensuite, il pouvait ne pas se sentir coupable si les gens ne se confessaient pas.

Dans le bouddhisme, où l’idée d’un Dieu d’amour qui pardonne n’existe pas, ce qui est mis en avant est l’effet que le pardon peut avoir sur celui qui pardonne.Quand un bouddhiste pardonne, c’est lui qui en est le premier bénéficiaire. Le pardon est en effet l’un des visages de la sagesse libératrice que le Bouddha a découverte.

IslamToday/Agencies (02/26/2012) -- The Islamic Fashion Festival (IFF), a Southest Asian fashion event established in Malaysia in 2006, was hosted by the Philippines this year for the first time. The festival, held in Manila's Hotel InterContinental, featured the collections of eight designers, three of them from the Philippines, namely JC Buendia, Veejay Floresca and Jun Escario.

Some people give up on repentance – in frustration. They commit a sin and repent for it so many times that they feel their repentance is not worth anything. How can they be truly penitent when they return to their sinful ways over and over and over again? Such people are hard to convince to repent again, and often harder to convince that they should try to kick their sinful habits.

This is the hypertexted version of The Meanings Of The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusufali.

This is the hypertexted version of The Meanings Of The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusufali.

Dans un télégramme adressé à Mgr André Léonard, archevêque de Malines-Bruxelles, par le cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, secrétaire d’État du Saint-Siège, Benoît XVI a fait part jeudi 15 février de sa proximité aux familles des victimes du « tragique accident » de l’autocar belge survenu la veille en Suisse et qui a provoqué la mort de 28 personnes, dont 22 enfants.

Following the proposals at the diocesan Synod, I would like our Archdiocese family to develop a concrete pastoral plan for the next years as follows: The focus in the years 2012 and 2013 is to strengthen our communion with God and our faith life on the foundation of God's Word...

A new social networking tool for Muslims will be launched in 2012 and Muslims worldwide – including Greek Muslims – will be able to discuss cooking skills, relationship problems, political views, economic concerns, and even meet their long-lost high school crush.