U.S. Catholic Bishops Warn of the Greatest Threat We Face: Islamophobia, by William Kilpatrick

By William Kilpatrick, The Stream, October 3, 2025

William Kilpatrick is the author of Christianity, Islam, and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West (Ignatius Press), and a new book, What Catholics Need to Know about Islam (Crisis Publications). His articles have appeared in Crisis, Catholic World Report, The National Catholic Register, First Things, FrontPage and other publications.

Talk about poor timing! On the same day that news broke of an Islamist attack on a Catholic Parish in the Congo that left 64 dead and many wounded, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a 15-page booklet , “Islamophobia: A Guide for U.S. Catholics on Anti-Muslim Bigotry.”

Talk about poor timing! On the same day that news broke of an Islamist attack on a Catholic Parish in the Congo that left 64 dead and many wounded, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a 15-page booklet, “Islamophobia: A Guide for U.S. Catholics on Anti-Muslim Bigotry.”

The purpose of the booklet is to warn Catholics about “the rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment.” I’m not aware of any “rising tide” of anti-Muslim bigotry in the U.S., but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment in Africa — where the burning of churches and the slaughter of Christians is an everyday affair. ….

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