Category: Muslim

In Bahrain, pope sees joy of Catholic minority, deepens ties with Muslims

by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Christian, Kingdom of Bahrain, Muslim, News, Pope Francis, Sower of peace, U.S. & World News | 0 |

Traveling as a “sower of peace” to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Pope Francis further strengthened ties with the Muslim world and witnessed the joy and vitality of its minority and predominately expatriate Christian population.

Cupich expresses solidarity with Muslim community

by bcadmin | Aug 11, 2022 | Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the US, Muslim, News | 0 |

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago has affirmed that the nation’s “Catholic community stands in support of our Muslim brothers and sisters,” after the killing of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Archbishop Wester mourns killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico

by bcadmin | Aug 10, 2022 | Afghanistan, Archbishop John Wester, Muslim, Muslim immigrant, Muslim men, New Mexico, News, Santa Fe, U.S. & World News | 0 |

During a Mass for peace, Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe decried the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico since last November.

With iftar, Jerusalem Christians hope to be bridge to Muslim neighbors

by bcadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Iftar, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Christians, Muslim, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |

Marie Ingrand, 15, has lived in Jerusalem for two years with her family. Although in past years she has been invited to an iftar by a Muslim friend, this was the first time she was part of hosting such a meal.

Bishops call attacks on U.S. Catholic sites ‘acts of hate’ that must stop

by bcadmin | Oct 18, 2021 | Acts of hate, Catholic, Denver's cathedral basilica, Episcopal, Evangelical, Featured, FEMA grant program, Hateful graffiti, Jewish, Lutheran, Muslim, News, Protestant, religious liberty, Seventh-day Adventist, Sikh, U.S. & World News, USCCB, Vandalization | 0 |

The Oct. 10 vandalization of Denver’s cathedral basilica that resulted in satanic and other “hateful graffiti” being scrawled on its doors and at least one statue brought to 100 the number of incidents of arson, vandalism and other destruction that have taken place at Catholic sites across the United States since May 2020.

Lebanon’s delicate religious balance at risk amid ongoing crisis

by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, lead, Lebanon, Muslim, News, Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Pope Francis | 0 |

In addition to Lebanon’s political and financial woes, another major challenge the country faces, according to Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, is the issue of refugees and the religious imbalance their presence represents.

Life triumphs over death as Christians rebuild in Iraq, pope says

by bcadmin | Mar 7, 2021 | Baghdad, Church of the Annunciation, Father Raid Adel Kallo, Islamic State militants, Mosul, Muslim, News, peace, Pope Francis, U.S. & World News, War | 0 |

Amid the rubble and bombed out remains of four churches destroyed by Islamic State militants, Pope Francis paid tribute to Iraqi Christians who endured persecution and even death.

Who is Ali al-Sistani, the Muslim leader whom the Pope will meet in Iraq?

by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Ali al-Sistani, Iraq, Islam, Middle East - Africa, Muslim, News, News Briefs, Pope Francis, Shia Muslim | 0 |

Baghdad, Iraq, Feb 2, 2021 / 03:19 pm (CNA).- During his upcoming trip to Iraq, Pope Francis will meet with the Shia Muslim leader Ali al-Sistani, a man in his 90s who many international analysts consider a decisive player in the region since the end o…

UAE sends aid to Peru as part of Catholic-Muslim cooperation

by bcadmin | Jun 26, 2020 | Catholic, humanitarian aid, Muslim, News, U.S. & World News, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

An ongoing dialogue between Catholic and Muslim educators took a very concrete turn June 25 when the United Arab Emirates sent a plane carrying 50 tons of humanitarian aid to a Peruvian city overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Turkish bishops won’t contest plan to turn ancient cathedral into a mosque

by bcadmin | Jun 18, 2020 | cathedral, Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Muslim, Muslim worship, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |

Catholic bishops in Turkey pledged not to contest plans to turn Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia cathedral that now serves as a museum into a Muslim place of worship.

On anniversary of daring move to restore electricity, migrants thank ‘Pope’s Robin Hood’

by bcadmin | May 13, 2020 | Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Catholic, COVID-19, Homeless, lead, Muslim, News, Pope Francis, Robin Hood, Rome, Vatican | 0 |

A year ago, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the head of Pope Francis’s charitable office, became the pope’s Robin Hood when he broke the law to help those most in need.

Lonsdale pastor apologies for ‘words that were hurtful to Muslims’

by bcadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | Father Nick VanDenBroeke, Immigration, Islam, Local News, Muslim, News, Nostra aetate, VanDenBroeke | 0 |

“My homily on immigration contained words that were hurtful to Muslims. I’m sorry for this,” said Father Nick VanDenBroeke, pastor of Immaculate Conception in Lonsdale, in a Jan. 29 statement. “I realize now that my comments were not fully reflective of the Catholic Church’s teaching on Islam.”