It was the first time the pontiff had called the Muslim minority a persecuted people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do. he Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed Pope Francis’s criticism of China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs as groundless. In a new book “Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future,” …MORE:nbcnews
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Pope advises gay children and their parents to seek psychiatric help
A journalist asked the pontiff on Sunday what he would say to parents who observe homosexual traits in their child…more: .france24.
Pope John Paul II: Muslims are Model for all Those who Invoke the True God
By Pope John Paul II in “Crossing the Threshold of Hope” A very different discussion, obviously, is the one that leads us to the synagogues and mosques, where those who worship the One God assemble. Yes, certainly it is a different…
Pope Francis Rebukes Myanmar Over Treatment of Rohingya
Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a fresh rebuke against Myanmar over its repression of the Rohingya minority group, just days after a United Nations report concluded that security forces had slaughtered and raped hundreds of men, women and children in a “campaign of terror.”
“They have been suffering, they are being tortured and killed, simply because they uphold their Muslim faith,” Francis said of the Rohingya in his weekly audience at the Vatican….more: nytimes
Respect Muslim Women Hijab: Pope Tells France
Pope Francis has urged France to respect the right of Muslim women to profess their faith and wear the hijab same as Christians are allowed to wear the cross.“If a Muslim woman wishes to wear a veil, she must be able to do so. Similarly, if a Catholic wishes to wear a cross,” Francis told the French Catholic newspaper La Croix, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, May 17……moreL ABOUTISLAM.NET
WASHINGTONPOST: Pope washes feet of Muslim migrants, says ‘We are brothers’
Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, Hindu and Catholic refugees Thursday, declaring them children of the same God, in a gesture of…MORE: WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Evangelical college suspends tenured professor for saying Christians & Muslims “worship the same God,” echoing pope
Dr. Larycia Alaine Hawkins is an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, an Evangelical private liberal arts school in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She has taught at the school for seven years…more: salon
Read: Pope Francis’ Address to Muslims in the Central Mosque of Koudoukou in Bangui
My Pastoral Visit to the Central African Republic would not be complete if it did not include this encounter with the Muslim 
community.
Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters. We must therefore consider ourselves and conduct ourselves as such. We are well aware that the recent events and acts of violence which have shaken your country were not grounded in properly religious motives… more at: catholicsay.com
We have our share of them (fundamentalists). All religions have these little groups,” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype. .jpost.com
