Far away from populist debates, the 96th Catholic Day aimed to enrich dialogue between Muslims and Christians. With 26 thousand German and foreign visitors at one meeting, and around a thousand meetings held in Saarbr_cken, the 96th Catholic Day was organised as a living testimony to the friendship between the two religions, and featured lectures,…
Religious beliefs and symbols must be better protected in the future, according to Edmund Stoiber, the minister-president of Bavaria. He invited Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives, constitutional experts and journalists to the Chancellery to discuss the subject. “We need a balance between the freedom of opinion and the effective protection of religious sentiments from injury”,…
The Catholic Church in Germany must help Muslim migrants integrate into society, but the Church also can learn from these recent newcomers, said the general secretary of the German bishops’ working group on relations with Muslims. “We can learn a lot from the Muslims: about piety, about hospitality or about the education of children within…
United Methodists and Muslims in Northern Illinois, part of the mid-west of the USA, have officially created a covenant relationship between the two faith groups – as witness towards _peace among the religions’, especially in the midst of difference. More than 100 leaders of the greater Chicago Islamic community and the United Methodist Northern Illinois…
ROME (AP) – The editor of an Italian monthly has apologized for any offence to Muslims over a humorous caption for a drawing showing the Prophet Muhammad in hell, Italian news reports said Sunday. The journal Studi Cattolici (Catholic Studies), which offers a variety of opinions on cultural issues, ran the caption and drawing in…
