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These two displaced people who fled the Islamic State to Ankawa, in Erbil, are among the more than 1.2 million displaced persons in Iraq.

Vatican official calls for military protection of Iraqi Christians

Aug 13, 2014

The Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations on Saturday urged the international community to provide humanitarian assistance and... Read more

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Ramadan fasting ban in China draws criticism

Jul 17, 2014

By Kevin J. Jones

A Chinese province’s ban on the observance of the Ramadan fast among Muslim university students ignores the importance that religion... Read more

Muslims advocates gathered at the California state capitol. Photo courtesy of the Council on American-Islamic Relations CA.

Calif. Muslims see religious liberty burden in butchering rule

Jul 10, 2014

By Kevin J. Jones

Proposed California food safety rules for butchering animals have raised concerns among the state’s Muslims, who say the rules would... Read more

Fr. Evarist Mushi, who was shot dead at the entrance of his church in Zanzibar in 2013.

Under pressure to convert, Zanzibar Christians concerned for future

May 21, 2014

Members of the small Christian minority on the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar are suffering intimidation and now fear that their... Read more

(L-R) Abraham Skorka and Omar Abboud, who will travel to the Holy Land with Pope Francis May 24-26.

Jewish and Muslim leaders to join Pope’s Holy Land trip

May 7, 2014

A rabbi and a sheikh, both of whom are friends of Jorge Bergoglio from Buenos Aires, will be accompanying him... Read more

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako of Baghdad of the Chaldeans.

Patriarch: Work with Muslims to promote religious freedom

Dec 15, 2013

The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church is calling on the faithful to reach out to Muslims in order to... Read more

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Pope expresses good will to Muslims in letter to Sunni imam

Sep 23, 2013

Pope Francis has indicated respect “for Islam and Muslims” in a letter to the head of the main cultural institution... Read more

Catholic radio host defends Islamic scholar's debate choice

Aug 9, 2013

Citing the need for public dialogue, Catholic radio host Al Kresta defended Islamic scholar Shadid Lewis’ invite to controversial critic... Read more

Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, at the Synod on Evangelisation, October 10, 2012.

Italian cardinal urges strong support of Mideast Christians

Jun 21, 2013

At a conference of Muslim and Catholic leaders in Milan, Cardinal Angelo Scola encouraged greater support for persecuted Christians in... Read more

From left to right: Cardinal Angelo Scola, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Bader, Sayyid Jawad al-Khoei. June 17, 2013. OASIS Conference in Milan, Italy.

Catholic and Muslim leaders meet for dialogue on secularism

Jun 20, 2013

The members of a foundation seeking to improve Christian and Muslim relations met in Milan this week to discuss the... Read more

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Vatican denies that Muslims ordered assassination of John Paul II

Feb 4, 2013

The director of the Vatican press office has rejected claims by Ali Agca, the man responsible for the assassination attempt... Read more

Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson.

Cardinal apologizes for video perceived as calling Christians to arms

Oct 16, 2012

Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council on Peace and Justice, has apologized for rankling brother bishops with... Read more

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Turkey, Saudi Arabia promoting stricter Islam in Albania

Jul 20, 2012

Other countries’ propagation of a stricter form of Islam in Albania is causing tensions with Christians and with other Muslims,... Read more

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The traditional ceremony to verify and ascertain that the Holy Door, closed during the last holy year, is intact, sealed, and ready to be reopened at the beginning of the new Jubilee 2025 was led by the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on Dec. 2, 2024.

Traditional rite to demolish wall protecting Holy Door held at St. Peter’s Basilica

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.

The conflict between the Carmelite nuns of Arlington and the bishop of Fort Worth: a timeline

Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021.

Pope Francis’ letter to Nicaraguan Catholics is ‘balm for our spirit,’ exiles say

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024.

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of December

On Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported but panic has reportedly spread among the people.

Franciscan monastery in Aleppo attacked; friars call for peace

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U.S. bishops launch Giving Tuesday campaign to support the Church’s global mission 

Father Paul Goo, center, is pictured during a missions trip to the Philippines in 2017. He will serve in the Vatican's Secretariat of State beginning in January 2025. Goo is pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Canadian priest assigned to Vatican’s Secretariat of State

Cardinal-elect Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, discusses with EWTN News the challenges and hopes of Iran’s small Catholic community ahead of receiving his red hat from Pope Francis.

Christians in Iran are ‘leaven of society,’ new cardinal-elect of Tehran says

The pillars of the South Portico of the White House are decorated in rainbow colors as guests attend a White House Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2024.

Trump could end Defense Department’s promotion of gender ideology, abortion

Kash Patel speaks at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix.

Trump taps Kash Patel to shake up the FBI

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