Monday, June 16, 2008

'Custodians' of the faith shatter delicate harmony

The latest expression of this religious intolerance came from a priest in Sandusky in a letter to the editor in The Blade.

He was outraged that the Franciscan nuns from Sylvania blessed a three-panel painting commemorating the meeting between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malek al-Kamil during the Fifth Crusade in the early 13th century.

The icon was to be installed near the entrance of Queen of Peace Chapel on the campus of the Sisters of St. Francis in Sylvania. His anger was directed at the nuns for inviting a Muslim imam to participate in the blessing ceremony.

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