Sisters of St. Francis, the Quiet Shareholder Activists
By Kevin Roose From The New York Times Not long ago, an unusual visitor arrived at the sleek headquarters of Goldman Sachs in Lower Manhattan. It wasn’t some C.E.O., or a pol from Athens or Washington,...
View ArticleBuddha, Christ and Interreligious Peace
Dr. Leo D. Lefebure from Godspeed Institute for Spiritual Learning In this program Carole Hallundbaek speaks with Dr. Leo D. Lefebure, Matteo Ricci, S.J. Professor of Theology at Georgetown University....
View ArticleCatholics and Muslims Pursue Dialogue Amid Mideast Tension
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor From Reuters BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN, Jordan (Reuters) – Only five years ago, critical remarks by Pope Benedict about Islam sparked off violent protests in several...
View ArticleA Path of Interreligious Friendship
by Leo D. Lefebure When I was a graduate student at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in the 1980s, there were intense discussions of religious pluralism and theological understandings...
View ArticleReligion Stories Of 2011: The Top 11
by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush from Huffington Post In the final days of 2011 we pause to reflect on the year that has past — the good, the bad and the ugly. Here are the HuffPost Religion Top Stories of...
View ArticleGerman Muslims Show Solidarity with Threatened Catholic Churches
by Ruby Russell from ENI News Three Catholic churches in the west German region of North-Rhine Westphalia that may have to close this month have received a show of solidarity from the local Muslim...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground Across Special Needs: Ritual, Autism, and My Faith
by Dilshad D. Ali I’ve recently taken up saying prayers on my tasbih – much more so than I ever did in my life before. I sit in the rocking chair in the corner of my son’s room fingering my tasbih...
View Article“Sharing Sacred Spaces” Leads to Interreligious Solidarity in Chicago
"Sacred Solidarity," the culminating event of the Sharing Sacred Spaces program, takes place in downtown Chicago on June 10 by Sarah Fentem For the past eight months, Chicago has served as the site of...
View Article“Sacred Solidarity” in Chicago
Sunday, June 10, 2-4pm Federal Plaza, on the southwest corner of Adams and Dearborn Eight Chicago Religious and Spiritual Communities to Pledge Interfaith Cooperation on June 10 The sacred spaces of...
View ArticlePope Pledges Better World in Message for Migrants and Refugees Day
On Friday, January 17 falls the 2014 observance of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in the Roman Catholic Church. His Holiness Pope Francis sets the themeTowards a Better World for this year’s...
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