{"id":4047,"date":"2023-03-24T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T21:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/?p=4047"},"modified":"2023-03-24T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T21:05:26","slug":"vatican-message-to-muslims-for-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/vatican-message-to-muslims-for-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Message to Muslims for Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4052\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dan_Hadani_collection_(990040387050205171).jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4052\" class=\"wp-image-4052 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Ramadan-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Ramadan prayer in the Mosque of El Aksa and the Omar mosque, about 300,000 gathered, 1996\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Ramadan-Photo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Ramadan-Photo-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Ramadan-Photo-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Ramadan-Photo-465x300.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramadan prayer in the Mosque of El Aksa and the Omar mosque, about 300,000 gathered, 1996. (Photo credit: Gideon Markowiz \/ Photographer: Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) \/ Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel, Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Holy See\u2019s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has offered a <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2023\/03\/24\/230324b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special message<\/a> to Muslim communities throughout the world as they begin the month of daily fasting until after sunset:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n        <div class=\"embedpress-document-embed ose-document ep-doc-d7fcf3f3b136871a304a78937b86779c\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 725px;; max-width:100%; display: block\">\n                                    <iframe title=\"Ramadan\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 725px;; max-width:100%; display: inline-block\" data-emsrc=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2023\/03\/Ramadan.pdf\" data-emid=\"embedpress-pdf-shortcode\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=get_viewer&#038;file=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.shu.edu%2Flawrencefrizzell%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F03%2FRamadan.pdf#key=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\" frameborder=\"0\">\n                        <\/iframe>\n                            <\/div>\n\n<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The text draws attention to themes of harmonious living for people of varied backgrounds. A quotation from the Second Vatican Council\u2019s Declaration on the Church\u2019s Relation to Non-Christian Religions (<em>Nostra aetate<\/em> no. 1) highlights the eschatological goal of our communities of faith.<\/p>\n<p>The text also addresses the danger of isolation in any community that may lead to animosity toward those who differ from \u201cus.\u201d May justice and harmony be fostered for the benefit of all!<\/p>\n<p>The message invites a response, which implies the hope for a sharing of perspectives. May this become a practice among people of different faiths who live in proximity to each other!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holy See\u2019s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has offered a special message to Muslim communities throughout the world as they begin the month of daily fasting until after sunset:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4047"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4055,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4047\/revisions\/4055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}