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September 2012

September 18, 2012

Catholic Church opens its doors to Jewish neighbors in need for Rosh Hashanah

What a great story. Details: A ruptured pipe threatened to dampen Rosh Hashanah services on Long Island,...

September 10, 2012

Report: Anglicans discuss sharing cathedral with Catholics in New Zealand

Details are sketchy, but if it happens it would truly be historic: Anglicans in Christchurch...

September 03, 2012

Backlash in Bahrain over plans to build largest Catholic church in the region

The latest, from the Associated Press: The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in...

September 03, 2012

Growing number of Muslims enrolling in Catholic colleges

Details, from the New York Times: Arriving from Kuwait to attend college here, Mai Alhamad...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Rabbi who defended religious liberty to deliver opening invocation at GOP convention

Details: Tomorrow, the convention will be getting started, and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik will be giving...

August 23, 2012

Billboards promote something radical: loving your neighbor

Specifically, Muslims and Sikhs. Details: In early August, a mosque in Joplin, Mo., burned to the...

August 17, 2012

Catholic and Orthodox leaders sign appeal for mutual forgiveness

Details: The heads of Russia's Orthodox church and Poland's Catholic church signed an appeal Friday...

August 16, 2012

Saudis move to ban .catholic web address

Details: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has attempted to block a Vatican bid to create...

August 07, 2012

U.S. bishops: “We mourn with our Sikh brothers and sisters”

Details, from Vatican Radio: The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious...

July 2012

July 22, 2012

What can Catholics learn from Ramadan?

A priest offers some insight, via CNS: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which started...

July 20, 2012

Ramadan isn’t Lent —and a few other things you should know

My colleague at CNEWA, Fr. Elias Mallon, last year wrote a superb essay on how...

July 01, 2012

Southern Baptists: “We stand with the bishops”

And they are directing their members to the USCCB website and suggesting ways to adapt...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

It’s not just a Catholic thing: an interfaith prayer service for “Fortnight”

Details: Amarillo residents of all faiths filled the pews at St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral on...

June 26, 2012

Historic: Queen Elizabeth visits a Catholic Church in Ireland

From Sky News: For the first time, the Queen has stepped inside a Roman Catholic...

June 03, 2012

Biden’s daughter married in Catholic-Jewish service

Details: Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley married a Pennsylvania doctor at a ceremony in...

June 01, 2012

Let’s talk: Muslim-Catholic dialogue

Details: The 13th annual West Coast Muslim-Catholic Dialogue continued its study of sacred texts with...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Hello, Dalai!

Well, how often will I ever get a chance to use a headline like that,...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

The Mormon who makes a joyful noise for Catholics

It took him two years, working in his living room, but he created a hand-crafted...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury to step down

Details: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the head of the 85 million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion,...

March 05, 2012

When a Catholic hospital becomes Jewish

There are some interesting religious and cultural challenges that can arise. Details: New York Medical...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Taking the leap: a prayer for Leap Day

From a woman deacon in the Church of England website comes this pithy prayer for...

February 22, 2012

More Protestants observing Ash Wednesday

Have we started a trend? Details: Don’t assume every ash-marked forehead you see today belongs...

February 08, 2012

Tweet of the day

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Ed Koch: Jews need stronger ties to Catholic Church

From the In My Backyard Desk... One of New York City's more colorful mayors --...

January 03, 2012

Jewish childhood friend of John Paul II dies

Details: Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

Here’s a first: a New Testament annotated from a Jewish point of view

It's a view we don't consider very often, but a new, ground-breaking book offers some...

December 21, 2011

The Christian connection to Hanukkah

Tony Spence over at the CNS blog draws our attention to this intriguing piece in...

December 19, 2011

A Polish Catholic woman discovers her Jewish identity

It's a journey more and more Holocaust survivors are undertaking: As Nazi troops imposed their...

December 15, 2011

Indian Catholics express solidarity with “untouchables”

Here's an issue we in the West don't hear about very much. Details: Parishes in...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

An act of Providence: Catholics share chapel with Baptists

See how these Christians in Rhode Island love one another: Twenty years ago, a Catholic diocese...