Pope institutes new 'secular ministry' of Catechist open to laymen and laywomen
- May 11, 2021
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Francis in Iraq arguably the most emblematic papal trip of all time
- Mar 7, 2021
If you’d polled 100 Vatican officials and papal diplomats six months ago, probably 99 would have counseled against a papal trip to Iraq.
Living the beatitudes can change the world, pope says in Iraq
- Mar 6, 2021
Pope Francis told Iraqi Christians that when they suffer discrimination, persecution or war, the Eight Beatitudes are addressed to them.
Iraqi minister declares national day in honor of Pope, al-Sistani meeting
- Mar 6, 2021
On Saturday Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced a day of tolerance and coexistence in honor of Pope Francis’s historic meeting with top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani earlier that morning.
Could today’s Putin/Pope summit make a difference on Iran?
- Jul 4, 2019
Today’s tête-à-tête is the third encounter between Putin and Francis, and, in typical fashion, most global media outlets are giving it short shrift.
If Francis wants to mediate US/Iran, his best odds may be with Tehran
- May 23, 2019
Here’s the irony of the present moment: One can assemble a powerful case that the Vatican under Pope Francis actually would stand a better chance of moving the needle with Iran than the U.S. if it wanted to mediate the current conflict.
Why all of us have a rooting interest in seeing Lebanon succeed
- Oct 8, 2017
Lebanon’s a small place, home to just over six million people, but it’s a living laboratory experiment for three of the world’s mega-challenges today: Pluralism, with perhaps the most resilient and certainly most nationally influential Christian population in the Middle East; Christian/Muslim relations, with the good, the bad, and even the surreal; and the refugee crisis, with more new arrivals per capita than any place on earth.
Pakistani bombing kills 25, deputy Senate leader wounded
- May 12, 2017
A suicide bomber targeted the deputy leader of Pakistan’s Senate, killing 25 people and wounding dozens more. The deputy survived the attack for which the Islamic State took responsibility. The assassination attempt took place in an area with minority Shiite Muslims.
Pope has a chance to bond with natural Muslim ally
- Sep 26, 2016
When Pope Francis makes a brief stop in the small Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan on Sunday, he has a chance not simply to improve Catholic/Muslim relations generally but to exploit the possibility of a natural alliance with Shiite Muslims, the second largest branch of Islam.
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