Posted on 03/02/2005 3:53:04 PM PST by corpus
Muslims pray in Catholic centre
When the planning authorities ruled that the room in a restaurant they were using to pray was a fire hazard they had to find another place.
They temporarily decamped to a living room of someone's home where evening prayers were held every day during the holy month of Ramadan.
Now Jersey's St Thomas' Church has offered the use of its community centre for Friday prayers.
Mosque hope
Canon Nicholas France, said: "We are a universal Catholic church and our church has taught very much in recent years the importance of respect and the healing of past quarrels, particularly with Islam.
"This doesn't make us deny our own truths or own faith, but to respect all that's good in other people's faiths and respect their rights and freedom to worship."
There were about 25 people from the 200-strong Muslim community at prayers at the second session held at the community centre.
Muslim community leader Dr Abdel Abdelbaky said: "I appreciate the offer and I thank the people who helped us and offered this place for Friday prayers."
In the long term the Muslim community would like to build a mosque in the island.
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"Yes, but then again, according to at least one Amchurch bishop, "we're non-Catholics" ,..."
Source please?
Moon god, allah is a moon god.
Muslim pagans pray in ex-catholic center
Allowing a group that completely denies the Divinity of our Lord, Jesus Christ to worship in a space dedicated to Him is not ecumenical.
It is Relativism.
I think it is blasphemy.
Ah, ecumenism standing on its head with its trousers down!
Who are these idiots? This CAtholic calls the CAnon an idiot. THis must be stopped immediament
moon god
Welcome to Tradition! May God bless you, and help you perservere.
I;d say that 'prayer space' needs an exorcism and a blessing with a couple gallons of holy water accompanied by many recitations of the St Michael Prayer.
My bad, I misread Now Jersey's St Thomas for New Jersey. Works either way really.
They get the news of events in Holland in Jersey, don't they??????
See post #31 please.
I made the same error reading it the first time.
[quote]To hell with the Church's teachings for the prior 1962 years, Canon France.[/quote]
Not just 1962 years but even since Abraham God has taught Israel and New Israel,the Catholic Church this.
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