Archbishop of Detroit Praises New Mosque: ‘There Is NOWHERE I Feel Greater Kindness’

Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit attended and spoke at the grand opening of a mosque and the new headquarters of the Islamic Institute of America (IIOA) last week, praising the building and erroneously saying that Muslims and Catholics worship the same God.

In his brief remarks, Weisenburger lauded how he felt a “divine presence” as soon as he arrived at the Imam Al-Hasanain Mosque and erroneously claimed that all mosques, churches, synagogues, and other “places where God reaches out” are sacred spaces. The archbishop also offered his prayers that the new mosque and Islamic center will bring all of humanity “into a deeper communion with our ‘one god.’”

“There is nowhere that I feel greater honor, fraternity, and kindness, and from the moment I drove onto this beautiful property today, I very fully felt the sense of the divine presence,” the archbishop said.

“We are members of the same human family. All churches, all mosques, all synagogues, all places where God reaches out and touches with his finger are sacred,” he added. “This is a truly wonderful and sacred place, a place that will bring all of humanity, I believe, into a deeper communion with our ‘one god.’”

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In Catholic theology, “communion” ordinarily denotes participation in the same faith, sacraments, and ecclesial unity. According to the Gospel, no communion is possible with Muslims and others who deny Jesus Christ as God, Lord, and Savior: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

In the six decades since the promulgation of the Second Vatican Council’s Nostra Aetate, the 1965 declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions, Catholic prelates have repeatedly engaged in interfaith dialogue, ceremonies, and prayer services with Muslims and other members of false religions.

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