Detroit archbishop lauds opening of new mosque
June 15, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit lauded the opening of a $20-million mosque in Dearborn Heights, Michigan.
“There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness,” Archbishop Weisenburger said at the mosque’s opening ceremony on June 12, according to The Arab American News. “From the moment I entered this beautiful site, I felt a profound divine presence.”
Update (6/18/26) LifesiteNews reported that Archbishop Weisenburger also 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.The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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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Posted by: steve5158 -
Jun. 16, 2026 6:44 PM ET USA
Has the bishop corrected this quote from The Arab American News? It sounds fantastical.
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Posted by: feedback -
Jun. 15, 2026 9:33 AM ET USA
When a Catholic Archbishop feels the greatest respect and fraternity among members of another religion then we have a serious problem, which isn't the Archbishop's own (Roman Catholic) religion. Or, perhaps the Archbishop said things just to make himself sound super nice and extra inclusive but didn't really mean it?
