Interreligious “dialogue”

ITALIAN MISSIONARIES REFUSE TO CONVERT AMAZON TRIBE

By Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, July 31, 2023 Evangelicals supplant Catholics in converting tribals practicing infanticide ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Evangelical missionaries are planting churches in a remote Amazonian tribe — while an Italian Catholic missionary... read more

The watering down of World Youth Day? Taking Bishop Aguiar at his word

Pope St. John Paul II launched World Youth Day on the model of his own work as a university professor with young people, offering a clear and explicit Catholic vision, not excluding anybody but also not tailoring his message to “soften” its Catholic edges. By John M. Grondelski, Catholic... read more

A Posthumous Book by Benedict XVI

FSSPXNEWS, January 23, 2023 Entitled Che cos’e il Cristianesimo (What is Christianity?), this book collects 16 texts from the period following Benedict XVI’s resignation in 2013, most were written around 2018, with the last in 2022. It was published by Italian publisher Mondadori on January... read more

Cardinal Cupich joins Islamic council for interfaith iftar

By Madhu Krishnamurthy, Daily Herald, April 5, 2022 The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago hosted its 23rd annual Muslim-Catholic Iftar in person Tuesday after a two-year pandemic hiatus. Cardinal Blase Cupich was a special guest for the fast-breaking meal held at Islamic... read more

Local churches shun Vatican’s moderate stance on Russia

The head of the Polish bishops’ conference has done what Pope Francis has avoided doing by publicly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, March 5, 2022 The head of the Polish bishops’ conference has done what Pope Francis has so far avoided... read more

Russian roulette: The pope’s ecumenical dilemma in Ukraine

By JD Flynn and Ed. Condon, The Pillar, February 11, 2022 With Russian troops apparently poised for an invasion of Ukraine, Catholic leaders, including Pope Francis, have consistently appealed for peace. Ukraine’s Catholic leaders have warned that their country is united, religiously and... read more

Vatican asks bishops to invite local Protestant and Orthodox leaders to participate in synodal path

By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, January 18, 2022 The Vatican has issued a letter asking Catholic bishops to invite local Orthodox and Protestant leaders to participate in the diocesan stage of the two-year process leading to the 2023 Synod on Synodality. Cardinal Mario Grech,... read more

Can Interreligious Dialogue Be Truly Religious?

COMMENTARY: The papal response to this question, as first answered by Benedict and then by Francis as shown during his visit to Iraq, indicates both continuity in substance and a difference in style. By Fr. Raymond J. De Souza, National Catholic Register, March 12, 2021 At the heart of the... read more