Poll: Faith in clergy’s honesty drops among US Catholics
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Fewer than a third of U.S. Catholics rate the honesty and ethical standards of clergy as “very high” or “high,” […]
The Problem of Suffering and the Goodness of God – Ravi Zacharias at Johns Hopkins
Suggested Reading The Ever Present Question of Suffering The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians Joel Osteen: Enlarging the Circle of Love The Question of Suffering tackled by Dr. Charles Stanley […]
You Belong to God
Epigraph: I (Allah) have created men high and low, only to worship Me. (Al Quran 51:56/57) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles for interfaith tolerance among the […]
Catholics in Western Europe are more accepting of Muslims than those in other European countries
Epigraph: And you shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
How 2018 became the Catholic Church’s year from hell
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke (CNN) A prominent cardinal resigned in disgrace. Grand jurors accused hundreds of Catholic clerics of secretly abusing children. A former Vatican ambassador urged the Pope himself to […]
Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Crisis of faith: Tibetan Catholics face modernity in China village
Source: Reuters BY Joyce Zhou, Christian Shepherd CIZHONG, China (Reuters) – Ruanna, a 77-year-old Tibetan woman living in a remote Chinese village overlooking the Mekong river, says her Catholic faith has […]
What a Muslim Could Teach Trump Supporters About Jesus
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali; Contributing Opinion Writer In Catholic school, I learned about compassion. Some Christians must have missed that part. At Bellarmine, an all-boys Catholic […]
Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam
Source: Vox By Jennifer Williams Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of Jesus and is a major religious celebration for Christians around the world. But what many people don’t know […]
Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs
Epigraph: It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment […]
Jesuit Christians release lists of clergy accused of abusing minors
(CNN) Two Jesuit provinces in the United States released lists of 84 clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest revelations in the Catholic Church’s long-running and morally damaging […]
A Rabbi Calls Trinitarians Idolaters and Pagans; What Does the Quran Say About the Christians?
Epigraph: And You will find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe to be those who say: ‘Lo! We are Christians.’ That is because there are among […]
Hanukkah or Christmas? Interfaith families navigate how to raise their children
Source: AZ Central By Lauren Castle, Arizona Republic A priest and rabbi stood on a beach for a “party interrupted by a wedding.” A chuppah shaded the bride and groom. The […]
Francis to become first Pope to visit Arabian Peninsula
By Reuters – Dec 06,2018 -JORDAN TIMES VATICAN CITY — The first visit by a Pope to the Arabian Peninsula will take place in February when Francis travels to Abu […]
Garry Wills’ Video: Christianity without Priests
Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for […]
New Mexico archdiocese to file for bankruptcy over sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Thursday it will soon be filing for bankruptcy protection, as the Catholic church […]
Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — The Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns has denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church […]
America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches
Source: The Atlantic By Jonathan Merritt Three blocks from my Brooklyn apartment, a large brick structure stretches toward heaven. Tourists recognize it as a church—the building’s bell tower and stained-glass […]
After Catholic Church sex abuse cover-ups, we in the pews must no longer simply pray & pay
Source: USA Today By Tim Roemer Disappointed and angered once again by the Catholic Church, we lay people must act to protect our faith. I have done a lifetime of […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, Spiritual Leader, Activist There is no better candidate than Muhammad, no one in fact that comes even close, in terms of fulfilling Jesus’s […]
