Catholic-Muslim relations Archives

Fears of ‘Love Jihad’ cause Catholic Church in India to look at interfaith marriages

Nov 26, 2020

An Indian cardinal has set up a commission to look into interfaith marriage as the issue has become a political flashpoint in the country.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Horrified by deadly attacks, French Muslims protect church

Nov 6, 2020

A group of young Muslim men gathered to stand guard outside their town’s cathedral for the All Saints’ holiday weekend, to symbolically protect it and show solidarity with Catholic churchgoers.

By Angela Charlton

Christian-Muslim dialogue ‘backbone’ of Lebanon, cardinal says

Sep 12, 2020

Just weeks before Pope Francis is set to sign a new encyclical on human fraternity, the head of the Maronite Church is pointing to his own country of Lebanon as an example of how Christians and Muslims can peacefully live together.

By Jack Lyons

UAE sends aid to Peru as part of Catholic-Muslim cooperation

Jun 26, 2020

An ongoing dialogue between Catholic and Muslim educators took a very concrete turn June 25 when the United Arab Emirates sent a plane carrying 50 tons of humanitarian aid to a Peruvian city overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Catholic News Service

Pope backs brotherly prayer, but his own backyard isn’t feeling terribly fraternal

May 15, 2020

ROME – Yesterday was a special day of universal prayer for healing from the coronavirus proposed by the “Higher Committee for Human Fraternity,” a body formed in the wake of Pope Francis’s 2019 trip to the United Arab Emirates, and the “Document on Human Fraternity” he signed there along with

By John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinal: Christians, Muslims can protect places of worship together

May 1, 2020

Christian and Muslim communities can work together to safeguard places of worship, thereby helping guarantee the freedom to profess one’s own belief, said the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue’s annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan.

By Carol Glatz