Source: RNS By Rosie Scammell (RNS) A German Catholic leader’s defense of religious freedom has triggered a backlash after anti-Muslim statements by far-right politicians in the country. Editor-in-Chief Ingo Brueggenjuergen of […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center The time has come for Christians and Muslims to make peace between our […]
Source. The Daily Beast. “We are not only disgusted and alarmed, but we realize there is a serious danger,” Minnesota attorney Jeff Anderson said during a press conference last week. “Pope Francis has broken a pledge. This priest is a predator who needs to be stopped, and they have chosen not […]
By David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) That’s always been the jokey answer to a dumb question, but it’s now a serious issue for Catholic intellectuals who have been criticizing, and […]
BY ALAN COOPERMAN According to Miss Manners, polite people do not bring up religion in social conversations. Of course, if Americans stayed away from allthe topics the etiquette columnist deems taboo in polite company – including politics, money, sex, illness and what people are wearing – a lot of dinners […]
Source: The New York Times By DIAA HADID JERUSALEM — It was a typical day at the shrine around what many believe is the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem’s Old […]
Source: The Guardian By Ashifa Kassam Police in Canada have launched an investigation after a Catholic priest in southern Ontario claimed he had gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked […]
Source: The Washington Post In her 50th Easter season as a nun, Sister Antonia Sanchez participated in something new. For the past 49 years, since she joined the order of Religious […]
Economist: THE LIFE of Jesus Christ has always been of interest to film-makers. The first feature-length film was released in 1906; by the time of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 blockbuster “The King of Kings” at least 39 movies had already taken on the subject. Many treat Jesus specifically as Christ, […]
Intelligence Squared Debate The Catholic Church Is A Force For Good In The World Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an author, essayist, orator, religious and […]
Pope Francis: ‘We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace’ Hardeep Matharu @Hardeep_Matharu The Pontiff washed and kissed the feet of […]
Source: Huffington Post By Christian Chiakulas; Writer, activist, and musician from Chicago John Dominic Crossan closes the main text of his 1994 book Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography with the question: […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown The former Pope Benedict XVI has suggested that those who mistakenly believe in other religions may not be damned after all. Which is hardly […]
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will wash the feet of young refugees during an Easter Week ritual in a gesture high in symbolism inside the Catholic Church and beyond. The Vatican didn’t say Tuesday if non-Catholics would be among the 12 refugees participating in the Holy […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By FRANCIS X. ROCCA and ELLEN EMMERENTZE JERVELL Updated March 21, 2016 3:14 p.m. ET With his disregard for protocol, outspoken news conferences and denunciations of global […]
Source: Time By Linda K. Wertheimer A journalist and the author of Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion In An Age of Intolerance. The cost of not teaching children about different […]
Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Palm Sunday is this weekend, […]
Source: Pittsburg Post Gazette Actions by attorney general’s office represent one of the broadest-ever drives to hold Roman Catholic church accountable for clergy abuses of minors. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — One […]
Source: The Guardian By Stephen Burgen, from Barcelona Building does not belong to any individual or organisation, according to council report on long-running row Local authorities in Córdoba have dealt […]
Source: RNS VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Three years after the election of Pope Francis, Roman Catholic conservatives are growing increasingly worried that he is quietly unraveling the legacy of his predecessors. […]