Religious extremism Archives

Expert sees Asia Bibi acquittal fueling push for ‘rule of law’ in Pakistan

Jan 30, 2019

Following Tuesday’s “definitive” acquittal of Asia Bibi, an illiterate Catholic mother of four who spent almost a decade on death row on blasphemy charges, one Asia expert says the next frontier for minorities in Pakistan is the press for full equality as citizens under the law.

By Elise Harris

Extremism cannot be fought with extreme language, intolerance, pope says

Aug 22, 2018

Catholic legislators must defend religious freedom around the globe, but they must take care to ensure they do not fall into the trap of showing disrespect toward or intolerance of other religions while doing so, Pope Francis said.

By Cindy Wooden

South African bishops condemn mosque attack that leaves one dead

May 13, 2018

South Africa’s bishops condemned an attack on a mosque near Durban in which a man was killed and another two injured.

By Bronwen Dachs

Could ‘British values’ anti-extremism push jeopardize Catholics?

Aug 9, 2017

British Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has warned against a “destructive extremism” which seeks to deconstruct marriage, family, and human identity, and which “calls for medical experimentation with no reference to ethical boundaries; that decrees the unborn may live only to terms fixed by man, demands legal protections be removed from the sick and the aged.”

By Catholic News Agency

Francis offers reassuring hand to a world darkened by war

Jan 9, 2017

Pope Francis struck a sombre tone in his annual address to ambassadors, as if detecting in this moment the signs of the coming of war. While putting down red markers over Israel-Palestine and migration, the heart of his message was the need to make peace in a time of turbulence.

By Austen Ivereigh

Crux columnist gets top South Carolina civilian honor

Oct 18, 2016

Father Jeffrey Kirby, who writes a regular Sunday spirituality column for Crux, has been awarded the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, by Governor Nikki Haley. In accepting, Kirby said his work among other things is crafted to show a different face for faith beyond religious extremism.

By Crux Staff