Europe is moving towards self-apostasy, forgetting the universal and absolute values which it once sparked. As it demographically implodes, it might have reached its twilight in history,losing its confidence in its own future, this according to Benedict XV. In a passionate analysis of the current state of the old continent the Holy Father spoke to…
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday urged intensified dialogue with Islam, saying in a Christmas speech that 2006 will be remembered as a year marked by the danger of a clash between cultures and religions. Benedict compared the situation in the Muslim world to that faced by Christians beginning in the Enlightenment, the 18th-century movement to…
ROME – When Zeinep Ozbek told her parents how she planned to pursue her education, they were shocked. Not only was the young Muslim woman about to leave her native Turkey, she was venturing into a strict traditional bastion of Christianity: Rome. Ozbek, 25, is now one of several Muslim students ensconced in the Vatican’s…
Pope Benedict XVI has expressed “total and profound respect” for Muslims, as he attempts to defuse a row between Islam and the Catholic Church. He made the remarks in a meeting with envoys from the Muslim world, weeks after a speech in Germany prompted an angry reaction by some Muslims. Iraq’s ambassador said it was…
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,…
