Mario Bunge: Pope Benedict wants to engage a Holy war against Islam

    The Argentine philosopher Mario Bunge in a recent interview in a Spanish newspaper classified the Pope as a man who doesn’t want peace, who wants to engage in a Holy war against Islam-this is a departure from his predecessor who was very active against war and discrimination. According to Bunge, the greatest enemy today is…

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      Leading Islam critic converts to Catholicism

      On Easter services at the Vatican, Pope Benedict baptized a Muslim-born convert, who is among Italy’s most famous and controversial journalists. Magdi Allam, a 55-year old Egyptian-born journalists and fierce critic of Islamic extremism and strong supporter of Israel, kept his conversion to Christianity a well-kept secret, disclosed by the Vatican in a statement less…

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        Italy takes al Qaeda’s Pope threat seriously

        Security officials in Italy are treating Osama’ bin Laden’s new accusations against Pope Benedict very seriously. An interior minister spokesperson said that security and anti-terrorism officials plan to meet and examine the taped message, in which the Al Qaeda leader said that offending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were part of a new crusade involving…

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          Catholic-Muslim dialogue takes step forward as dates are set

          The dates of November 4-6 have been set for dialogue between Catholic leaders and two dozen Muslim scholars and leaders to meet in Rome; Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Muslim delegates on the last day of the meetings. According to a Vatican news release, the theme of the seminar will be _Love of…

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            Bin Laden’s son wants to meet with Pope

            Omar bin Laden, son of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden, has said that he wishes to meet with Pope Benedict XVI and visit the Vatican. Omar, who considers himself an ambassador for peace, has been quoted in recent interviews that a truce between the West and al-Qaeda is possible. On a program called ‘Nothing…

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