The Dispatch
Lepanto, the Poles, Islam, and Our Lady
October 7 is the day the Ottoman navy was defeated in Battle of Lepanto, thus saving Europe from further conquest by the formidable Muslim empire. […]
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Columns
9/11 Revisited
Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 […]
News Briefs
Attack in Germany: Catholic, Jewish leaders weigh in on deadly terror before key elections
A woman kneels at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles for the victims on Aug. 24, 2024, close to the scene where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife on Aug. 23, 2024, in Solingen, w… […]
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From Islam to the Catholic Church: One Turkish woman shares her story of faith
Belkız, 61, was born into a Muslim family in Turkey. After reading books on materialist philosophy in her youth, she became an atheist at 15 but eventually became a Christian and then a Catholic. / Credit: Nathalie Ritzmann
ACI MENA, Aug 21, 2… […]
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Pakistan: One year later, Jaranwala Christians await justice
Several mobs attacked Christian communities and set fire to several churches Aug. 16, 2023, in the town of Jaranwala, in Pakistan’s Faisalabad district, after two Christians were accused of defiling the Quran. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Aid to … […]
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PHOTOS: Former Byzantine Church converted to a mosque in Istanbul is reopened
Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora in Istanbul in 2020. / Credit: Nathalie Ritzmann
ACI MENA, May 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora, located in the Fatih district of Ist… […]
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Famous atheist Richard Dawkins says he considers himself a ‘cultural Christian’
Richard Dawkins, founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, on Dec. 4, 2014, in Sydney, Australia. / Credit: Don Arnold/Getty Images
ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The famous British atheist Richard Dawki… […]
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Boom in Muslim conversions to Christianity in France: How is the Church responding?
There is exponential growth in conversions of Muslims to Christianity in France. / Credit: Unsplash
National Catholic Register, Apr 3, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
At a time when concern is growing about the rise of Islam, which is threatening to bec… […]
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Victim of Istanbul attack was a Muslim who often went to Catholic Mass
Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro arrives at the Jan. 29, 2024, funeral of Tuncer Murat Cihan, 52, who was murdered during Sunday Mass at Santa Maria Italian Church on Jan. 28 in Istanbul, Turkey. / Credit: Sercan Ozkurnazli/Getty Images
Rome Newsro… […]
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Pakistan ends mandatory Islamic studies for non-Muslim students
Security forces guard St. John’s Catholic Church in Youhanabad, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2019. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 26, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA).
Pakistan is ending its mandatory study of Islam for non-Mus… […]