GUEST COMMENTARY: Why we have to take the Saudis’ interfaith offer seriously
(RNS) What makes the King Abdullah Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue so special is not just that it has been established by three governments and that it has a multifaith board....
View ArticleJews worldwide see an ally in Pope Francis
(RNS) Jews worldwide welcomed newly elected Pope Francis as a friend on Wednesday (March 13), and pointed in particular to his sympathetic and strong reaction to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in...
View ArticlePope Francis says the ‘nones’ can be allies for the church
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis extended a hand to those who don't belong to any religion, urging them on Wednesday to work with believers to build peace and protect the environment.
View ArticlePope Francis: Christianity is incompatible with anti-Semitism
VATICAN CITY (RNS) After years of simmering tensions with Pope Benedict XVI, Jewish groups say they have a partner in Pope Francis following their first official meeting on Monday.
View ArticleReligious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks
(RNS) "To offer a different world view endorsed by religions, as well as governments, in the long term will go a long way to defeating its appeal to those who are looking to join them," said Antonios...
View ArticlePope Francis joins other faith leaders to demand an end to human trafficking
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The leaders said it was a “human and moral imperative” to wipe out human trafficking, forced labor, prostitution and organ trafficking.
View ArticleCatholics shouldn’t try to convert Jews, says new Vatican document
(RNS) One expert calls it the first time active conversion of Jews was so clearly repudiated in a Vatican document.
View ArticleReligious and indigenous leaders seek to save rainforests
ROME (RNS) Inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 "Laudato Si'" encyclical, clergy from Catholic, Protestant Jewish, Buddhist and other faiths joined indigenous leaders from Brazil, Peru, Indonesia, Colombia...
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