
Pope Francis in Bahrain: Holy Father Caps Historic Voyage With a Plea for Continued Dialogue With Islam
The Pontiff journeyed as a ‘sower of peace’ during his Nov. 3-6 trip.
The Pontiff journeyed as a ‘sower of peace’ during his Nov. 3-6 trip.
On the second day of the visit, the Pope will give the closing speech at the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence.
The Grand Mosque of Paris, which opened in 1926, is the oldest mosque in Metropolitan France.
The document’s statement that ‘diversity of religions’ is ‘willed by God’ has generated controversy.
COMMENTARY: The new Muslim-Catholic joint document takes up Benedict’s earlier assertion that religious believers — despite theological conflicts — can contend together for the place of God in our common life.
Such a visit, which featured a papal Mass and the signing of a fraternal Muslim-Catholic joint declaration condemning violence committed in the name of religion, was unthinkable until very recently.
A leading scholar in the Arab comments on Catholic-Muslim dialogue as Pope visits.
Francis embraced the grand imam Sheik Ahmed Muhammad el-Tayyib during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday.
The Pope prayed at the Muslim mosque in Istanbul, alongside the grand mufti of Ankara.
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