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Archives: Roman Catholicism
Pope Francis, Islam and Peace-Building
Interview by Jayson Casper | (Informed Comment) | - - Dr. Kamal Boraiqa is a lecturer at al-Azhar University and a member of al-Azhar Center for Dialogue, the al-Azhar Observer for Combating…
Pope Francis Says Building a Wall ‘Not a Christian Gesture’
TeleSur | - - "A Christian can never say 'I'll make you pay for that.' Never! That is not a Christian gesture," said Pope Francis. Pope Francis said Wednesday that society should…
The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican
TeleSur | - - On Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Pope Francis to inaugurate Palestine’s first embassy to the Holy See ahead of Paris peace talks. On Saturday Palestine will…
Pope: Pollution, Carbon Emissions a Sin & Global Warming to harm the Poor
By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Humans are turning the planet into a 'polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation, and filth,' says Pope Francis "The world's poor, though…
Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, as a "liberal" or "progressive" in American politics is incorrect and indeed a little bizarre. The…
Pope Francis’ call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US “Religious Right”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Not all American Christian leaders have covered themselves in glory when it comes to the issue of Syrian refugees being accepted by the…
As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message in poor countries where over-exploitation of natural…
Israel releases 16 Squatter Youth suspected in arson of Church of Loaves & Fishes
By IMEMC | - - Israeli police detained and have now released 16 young Jewish settlers, Thursday, after an overnight arson attack damaged a revered shrine in northern Israel. The arson attack…
Why Conservatives fear Pope’s Climate Letter: A Radical Attack on the Logic of the Market
Steffen Böhm | (The Conversation) | - - What makes Pope Francis and his 187-page encyclical so radical isn’t just his call to urgently tackle climate change. It’s the fact he openly…