Engaging Diplomacy and Religion

May 14, 2010 in analysis, catholic, fundamentalism, God, Jesus Christ, Legislation, persecution, religious freedom, violence
Tags: democracy, Diplomacy, extremism, global, Religion, religious, rights

By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, FEB. 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- In recent years, religion has come to be seen as a problem or a threat to national or international security. One strategy for countering religious extremism has been to attempt to banish faith to the purely private sphere. This is a big mistake, according to [...]

China’s Seven Sorrows

January 23, 2009 in abortion, bioethics, bishops, catholic, china, Christianity, church, Evangelization, faith, persecution, religious freedom
Tags: abortion, bishop, child, china, dignity, horrific, human, One, policy, Seven, Sorrows, underground, violation

Interview With Mark Miravalle ROME, SEPT. 25, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Violations of human rights and religious freedom continue to be widespread in China, says the author of a book on the Asian country. Mark Miravalle, a professor of theology and Mariology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, traveled to China last summer and saw firsthand the [...]

“Having Taught a Martyr Is Something Else Entirely”

June 2, 2008 in Christianity, fundamentalism, iraq, Jesus Christ, martyr, persecution, war
Tags: antonine, beheaded, bidawid, chaldean, Christian, church, daoud, deacon, ecumenism, ganni, hanna, heart, hellshepherd, holy, iraq, jesus, maronite, martyr, mass, order, patriarch, pontifical, priest, professor, requiem, sacred, spirit, theology, university

Professor Shares E-Mails From Father Ragheed ROME, JUNE 13, 2007 (Zenit.org ).- “The situation here is worse than hell,” Father Ragheed Ganni wrote to a former professor the day before he and three deacons were shot after Sunday Mass in Mosul, Iraq. Father Robert Christian, a theology professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas [...]

On Arab Christianity

May 31, 2008 in arab, catholic, Christianity, muslim, persecution, Political Life, religious freedom, violence, war
Tags: aoun, arab, catholic, Christianity, free, india, leader, lebanese, lebanon, mesapotamia, military, movement, patriotic, peninsula, political, relation, shiites, states, sunnis, syria, world

Interview With Lebanese Presidential Hopeful ROME, JUNE 11, 2007 (Zenit.org).- A candidate for the Lebanese presidency says that the country needs a balanced government, which includes the participation of Christians. General Michel Aoun, 72, a Lebanese military and political leader, came to Rome last week to visit Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Vatican secretary for relations with [...]

Bishop’s Letter to Priest’s Muslim Friend

May 30, 2008 in bishops, catholic, Christ, Christianity, fundamentalism, God, Jesus Christ, persecution, violence, war
Tags: alexandria, assasinated, bishop, copts, fahim, faith, hanna, iraq, mad, message, muslim, peace, Religion, war

“Thank You for Your Solidarity” CAIRO, Egypt, JUNE 9, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a message sent to ZENIT by Auxiliary Bishop Boutros Fahim Awad Hanna of Alexandria for the Copts, in response to a letter written by a Muslim friend of Father Ragheed Ganni. Father Ganni and three deacons were shot and killed in Mosul, [...]