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Session 5:  Respect for All Races,
Cultures, and Faiths


 

VIDEO MEDITATION
for Session 5

The Catholic Update readings for Session 5
Copyright 2016 Liguori Publications. Used with permission



Racial Reconciliation
Cardinal Francis E. George's Pastoral
 on Racism, Dwell in My Love,
 in Condensed Form

World Religions Primer

World Religions:
A Primer for Catholics
by Virginia Smith



Islam - What Catholics
Should Know
by Mary Margaret Funk, O.S.B.,
Many Faces, One Church

Many Faces, One Church  The Blessing and Challenge of Diversity

 FOLLOW-UP LINKS:

Brothers and Sisters to Us

U.S. Catholic Bishops Pastoral
on Racism  (1979)

Dwell In My Love
 A Pastoral Letter on Racism
by Cardinal Francis George

Cultural Diversity in the Church 
USCCB Website

On the Relation of the Church to
Non-Christian Religions
Nostra Aetate

Vatican II Document (1965)

 

Pope Francis and Dialogue
 with Muslims

U.S. Catholic Bishops on Islam

Understanding Islam: A Guide for Catholic Educators [pdf]

 Br. Robert Lenz, OFM  talks about his icon: St. Francis & the Sultan

In the Footprints of Francis and the Sultan - A Model for Peascemaking
Franciscan Media
(preview to a longer DVD program)


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