It is Appropriate for Muslims to participate in Holy Thursday?

March 28, 2013 “It was fine to include Muslims and women” said the Father Federico Lombardi, Director of Media at the Vatican, who was asked about the Pope’s recent trip to Casal Del Marmo Jail where he washed the feet of women: a serious departure from Papal tradition. The Pope also gave mass in the…

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What Muslims want in a new pope

(RNS) Together, Islam and Catholicism represent about 40 percent of the world’s population, so the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims in the world have more than a passing interest in the new pope who will shepherd the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Too often, relations between the two groups have been shaped by conflict — the Christian…

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Pope to Meet Muslims While Visiting Germany

20.07.2011 The Vatican announced that Pope Benedikt XVI. is planning on meeting with Muslim and Jewish communities while visiting Germany in September this year. These meetings are especially important to the Pope: Meeting representatives of Germany’s Jewish community is meaningful against the backdrop of the killing of Jews during the Nazi regime; reaching out to…

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Vatican: Accord promotes dialogue with Arab League

The Vatican has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Arab League, in a bid to strengthen political and cultural understanding. The Vatican memorandum was signed by senior Vatican official Dominique Mamberti, and Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League. “The agreement further consolidates the existing ties of collaboration between the Holy See and…

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Thousands mourn quake victims at funeral mass, Muslims included in mourning ceremonies

Thousands of mourners took part in an emotional funeral Mass for victims of the earthquake in the central Italian region of Abruzzo that left 290 people dead and 28,000 homeless. A representative of the Italian Muslim community, Mohamed Nour Dachan, participated in the funerals. Dachan appealed that all the mourners be “united in brotherly live,”…

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