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Breitbart News -Pope Francis will receive a delegation from the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) in the Vatican on November 3, according to French media sources.The five members representing...
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Andrea Gagliarducci, for Catholic News Agency:Vatican bishop lays out 'roadmap' for dialogue with Islam Vatican City, Nov 8, 2016 / 12:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- There is a roadmap for dialogue with...
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Céline Hoyeau, for La Croix - International / Global Pulse:French bishops maintain “dialogue in truth with Islam”In a meeting with French bishops at Lourdes on Tuesday, Pontifical Council for...
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John Allen in Crux -This year is the tenth anniversary of perhaps the most controversial papal speech of the last half-century, an address given by emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in Regensburg, Germany,...
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James Day for the Catholic World Report -Ten years ago Pope Benedict XVI took to the dais of the University of Regensburg’s Aula Magna to offer a few “memories and reflections.” The speech, which...
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Rome Reports - A few minutes before the General Audience, Pope Francis met with an Iranian religious delegation from the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization.They are participants in a...
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Italy 24 - For a few years now, the Holy See has been following a path of dialogue with Shiite Islam, with meetings in Tehran and Rome, and this endeavor is clearly yielding results. In recent days,...
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Andrea Tornielli, for Vatican Insider:“There’s a war between Muslims, Christians who have fled will not be coming back”Interview with the Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of...
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, for The Daily Beast:Italy’s Muslims Celebrate Christmas to Calm Integration FearsAs the Christmas season kicks off in Italy, which refuses to officially recognize Islam, the...
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James Martone CNS/Crux -In emerging Catholic dialogue with Muslims aims to show public support for Islamic American communities.The dialogue stems from concerns expressed by U.S. bishops in the wake...
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CRISTINA UGUCCIONI in La Stampa/Vatican Insider -"It is my sincere hope that Azerbaijan may continue along the way of cooperation between different cultures and religious confessions. [...] There is...
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Michael O'Loughlin, for America Magazine:Responding to Trump's ban, top Catholic bishops pledge solidarity with Muslim refugees The nation’s two top Catholic bishops released a statement on Monday...
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Matteo Fagotto, for The Atlantic:The Monk Who Saves Manuscripts From ISISWhy a Christian wants to rescue Islamic artifactsRescuing the world’s most precious antiquities from destruction is a...
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JACOPO SCARAMUZZI in La Stampa/vatican Insider -A Gift to humanity and an opportunity for sincere" friendship " in a historical juncture crossed by tensions and discrimination, reminding us that,...
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Kathryn Jean Lopez, for Crux:Could Islam learn from Jesus – and Pope Francis?On the one hand, Jesus is highly respected by all Muslims, for he is venerated in the Qur’an. On the other hand, most...
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Gerard O'Connell in America Magazine -Next week Pope Francis will visit Egypt, a majority Muslim country where Christians total 10 percent of its 90 million inhabitants. America spoke to Thomas...
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John Allen in Crux -Popes are many things, including statesmen and diplomats, and sometimes grasping the message they truly want to deliver requires a bit of reading between the lines. Other times,...
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RICCARDO CRISTIANO in La Stampa/Vatican Insider -Professor Mohammad Sammak, the only Muslim to have participated in two Synods, is convinced the meeting in Cairo has marked a fundamental starting...
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Christopher Lamb for RNS -The global growth of Islam and in particular the rise of Islamic extremism have forced recent popes to set out, with increasing urgency, a strategy for engaging the...
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From Reuters:Egypt's Al-Azhar university replaces head in apostasy rowThe head of Egypt's Al-Azhar university, the 1,000-year-old seat of Sunni Muslim learning, has been replaced after describing a...
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