(RNS) — On Wednesday (Sept. 23) as Jews end their Yom Kippur fast, Muslims will begin the Eid al-Adha holiday. Imam Haytham Younis and Rabbi Alana Suskin met for coffee and then exchanged the following email dialogue about the two holidays' convergence and the meaning of a shared story that lies at the intersection of both faiths.
With Pope Francis headed to Washington Tuesday for his first visit to the U.S., politicians and media commentators from all sides have tried to predict what the Catholic leader will say or do.
But despite the tendency of American media to label the pope's view as either liberal of conservative, the Pope arrives in the U.S. not as a political or diplomatic leader, but as a spiritual and moral one.
