Sat 14 March 2026: The head of the Catholic Church has urged Christians, who hold responsibility in armed conflicts, to reflect deeply on their actions and seek reconciliation through confession. Pope Leo XIV made the remarks during a reception for trainees preparing to serve as confessors within the Catholic Church’s institution of confession and penance, […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) have today welcomed the recent joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Turkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar condemning Israel’s closure of Masjid Al-Aqsa. The organisation, however, pointed out that while these concerns are important, they are obliged to emphasise that statements […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, warned on Tuesday of the consequences of the continued closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the 11th consecutive day and the prevention of worshippers from performing Taraweeh prayers and religious retreat during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the movement said the closure represents […]
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Fri 06 March 2026: Israel’s Civil Administration has cancelled Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, the latest in a series of Israeli restrictions imposed at Islam’s third-holiest site since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Civil Administration Chief Brigadier General Hisham Ibrahim said on Thursday via the Israeli […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday criticised anti-migrant activists who stoke “fears” of Islam and said co-operation between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon should be an example for Europe and the United States. The 70-year-old pope spoke to reporters on the plane at the end of his visit to Türkiye and Lebanon — his first […]
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A woman with a headscarf walks past an election campaign poster of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland AfD, in Marxloh, a suburb of Duisburg, Germany September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Wed 03 December 2025: A German court has ruled that a Muslim woman cannot serve as a judge or prosecutor if she refuses to […]
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Thu 27 November 2025: Pope Leo XIV embarks on his first foreign trip on Thursday, roughly six months after his election as head of the Catholic Church. The six-day journey begins in Türkiye and continues to Lebanon on Sunday, passing through two predominantly Muslim countries that host Christian minorities. Vatican State President Pope Leo XIV, at the […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), the largest faction in parliament, has called for a series of harsh anti-Islam measures, including a blanket ban on headscarves in schools, a new “law banning political Islam”, and an immediate halt to mass immigration. Responding to plans by the ruling coalition government to introduce a […]
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Tue 18 November 2025: The Dutch Cabinet has postponed plans to ban law enforcement officers from wearing visible religious symbols following a warning from the Council of State, local media reported on Monday. The government put on hold the move to implement a ban on religious symbols including headscarves for special investigating officers, known as BOAs, as […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: The Vatican has returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada’s Catholic bishops, describing the gesture as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.” The handover comes after prolonged calls from Indigenous communities for the repatriation of cultural objects taken during the colonial era. On Saturday, the Vatican formally returned the 62 […]
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