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March 2019

March 19, 2019

Beautiful: Pittsburgh Jewish Group Creates Fund to Support New Zealand Muslims

Details: With the shock still fresh and hearts still mending some five months after the...

March 12, 2019

Hail, Mary: Young Christians, Muslims to Celebrate Annunciation Together

Details: About 1600 boys and girls from over 40 countries will take part in the...

February 2019

February 09, 2019

‘In Our Time’: A Message for Our Time, from St. Paul VI

Worth re-reading: Nostra Aetate, "In Our Time," the Catholic Church's "declaration on the relation of...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

When in Rome: Behold, a Mormon temple inspired by a Catholic church

Fascinating: After years that included fasting and praying, waiting and wondering, Latter-day Saint eternal marriages...

December 2018

December 12, 2018

What the world needs now: the John 17 Movement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=vrEJJP60_W0 As Advent stories go, this is pretty great, via Currents at NET in Brooklyn:...

October 2018

October 10, 2018

Coexist: How a Muslim family defied ISIS to save ancient Christian manuscripts

Amazing story: A Muslim family hid for three years two ancient Syriac Orthodox books in...

May 2018

May 04, 2018

Report: Saudi Arabia signs deal with Vatican to build churches for Christians—UPDATED

The Vatican has yet to confirm this report, but if true, it's huge: In wake...

May 01, 2018

German leaders to meet with Pope Francis Thursday on question of intercommunion

And John Allen offers this interesting context: Cardinal Marx’s response to the letter by seven...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

How the Catholic Church forever changed Jewish life

At the clergy convocation in my diocese last week, a rabbi got up to speak about...

October 28, 2015

How the Catholic Church forever changed Jewish life

At the clergy convocation in my diocese last week, a rabbi got up to speak about...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

A Jewish writer asks: “Why haven’t Jews responded to Vatican II?”

An interesting, perhaps even surprising, perspective, from The Forward: The arrival of Pope Francis in...

September 22, 2015

A Jewish writer asks: “Why haven’t Jews responded to Vatican II?”

An interesting, perhaps even surprising, perspective, from The Forward: The arrival of Pope Francis in...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Historic meeting between pope and patriarch could be near

[getty src="469388024?et=fpLfVo64SN1wY5PIjiYP5Q&viewMoreLink=on&sig=Orx6uznk6cje2iUi7ubljceBov78JA7Oc8Qz7-XMjYU=&caption=true" width="594" height="467"] View image | gettyimages.com Let us pray: An historic meeting between...

June 29, 2015

Historic meeting between pope and patriarch could be near

View image | gettyimages.comLet us pray: An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill...

June 18, 2015

Patriarch Bartholomew on the encyclical: “We count it a true blessing”

Some smart person at TIME magazine sought an exclusive response to the new encyclical from...

June 18, 2015

Patriarch Bartholomew on the encyclical: “We count it a true blessing”

Some smart person at TIME magazine sought an exclusive response to the new encyclical from...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Cardinal: Christians, Muslims “still don’t know each other well enough”

From CNS: "Despite 50 years of 'Nostra Aetate,'" the Second Vatican Council's document on interreligious...

May 21, 2015

Cardinal: Christians, Muslims “still don’t know each other well enough”

From CNS: “Despite 50 years of ‘Nostra Aetate,’” the Second Vatican Council’s document on interreligious...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Meet the man who launched the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Paul Wattson via OSV/CNS He's Rev. Paul Wattson a former Episcopal priest—the son of an...

January 14, 2015

Pope Francis makes unscheduled visit to Buddhist temple

From AP: Pope Francis has become the second pontiff to visit a Buddhist temple, changing...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Did you hear what the descendent of Muhammed said about Christianity the other day?

The leader of Jordan gave an interview to Vatican Radio: “To lose Christianity from the...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Pope: “Our shared baptism is more important than our differences”

From Vatican Radio: In a private meeting with leaders of the inter-denominational Ark Community, Pope...

October 26, 2014

Pennsylvania Catholics, Lutherans plan observances to mark “Reformation Sunday”

Details: Protestants are preparing for Reformation Sunday observances this weekend, 497 years after the Rev....

August 2014

August 19, 2014

The struggles of being a woman minister—and staying employed

We don't usually think about people in ministry being out of work and struggling to...

May 2014

May 25, 2014

Pope Francis: “Invoke from God the gift of peace”

Two remarkable moments from a remarkable day, via CNS. Pope Francis makes an unscheduled stop...

May 22, 2014

Interfaith group criticizes prayer at World War II Memorial

Details: An interfaith coalition has again asked the U.S. House of Representatives to reject a...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Christian in the Holy Land: “For me, it doesn’t matter where I pray. I am attending God’s house.”

An interesting glimpse at a phenomenon in the Holy Land, from CNS: Suheir Saliba was...

April 15, 2014

Two churches, Catholic and Episcopal, bless palms together

The Rev. Noah H. Evans, center, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Chip...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Pope encourages Muslim-Christian group meeting “Together Around Mary, Our Lady”

From ZENIT: The 8th Islamic-Christian Prayer Meeting was held Tuesday, feast of the Annunciation, in...

March 10, 2014

Megachurch pastor stuns congregation by announcing he’s converting to Catholicism

Details: During his Sunday morning service, Ulf Ekman announced the he and his wife, Birgitta, are converting...