interfaith relations
Buddhist and Catholic, priests and theologians practice ‘double belonging’
By Emily Schutz — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Religions need each other to understand themselves,’ said one Buddhist-Catholic practitioner.
Attacks on ancient religious sites in Ethiopia kill hundreds, reports say
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 18, 2021
(RNS) — A church that claims to contain the ark of the covenant and one of Africa’s oldest mosques have been scenes of mass killing and desecration.
Jewish group questions sainthood for WWII-era cardinal
By Paul O'Donnell — May 23, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A leading Jewish organization has criticized the Vatican's decision to move World War II-era Cardinal August Hlond along the path to possible sainthood, saying the Polish primate was 'extremely' hostile to Jews and failed to condemn a 1946 pogrom.
‘The Sultan and the Saint’ revives 800-year-old interfaith exchange
By Kimberly Winston — December 21, 2017
(RNS) — A new film recounts the unlikely friendship between St. Francis of Assisi and the nephew of the great Muslim leader Saladin.
Not wishy-washy
By Martin E. Marty — March 29, 2017
Well-intentioned, tolerant folks are properly repelled if not threatened by the murderous language that frequently finds its way into expressions of religious faith, life, and culture. Some of them believe that if they only half-believe or half-express elements of their own faith and tradition, they will help bring about a new peaceable kingdom.
Is the US a model of interfaith harmony for a violent world?
By David Gibson — April 1, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) A rabbi, a minister, an imam and a cardinal walked into ... a radio studio for a serious discussion on religious tensions.
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