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Original article by Ted Gregory published in the Chicago Tribune on 01/14/2017 As of last spring, 540 undergraduate students who attend Benedictine University in Chicago identify as Muslim. That’s roughly 24% — a pretty high number for any university, but especially one that is a notable Catholic … [Read more...] about Benedictine University Welcomes Muslim Students

Original article published on Crux on 01/10/2017 Photo Credit: AP   The Catholic clergy community is reaching out to the Muslim community as a show of “public support” stemming from concerns expressed by U.S. bishops in the wake of “a serious uptick in violence against American Muslims … [Read more...] about Catholic Clergy Shows Support To American Muslims

Original article published in ALJAZEERA on 10/22/2016  Photo Credit: Aljazeera On October 14th, law enforcement in Wichita, Kansas announced the arrest of three men charged with a domestic terrorist plot to bomb an apartment complex where many Somali immigrant families lived. In a show of … [Read more...] about Kansas City Christians Rally For Muslims

Photo Credit: The Huffington Post Original article published in The Huffington Post on 08/25/2016. Spearheaded by artist Yazmany Arboleda, the “Color in Faith” is giving Muslim and Christian houses of worship across Kenya a much needed coat of paint and throwing in some interfaith activism as … [Read more...] about In Kenya, Artist Paints Mosques and Churches With Same Brush

Photo Credit: New York Times Original article published in The New York Times on 08/01/2016  Last week, beloved Reverend Jacques Hamel was viciously murdered in an ISIS-related attack in St.-Étienne-du-Rouvray, a small countryside village in Normandy France which, according to local historian … [Read more...] about In Normandy, Muslims and Christians Strong Bond Survives Terror