Europe
From 9.15, MEPs are to assess the results of the special European Council meeting, in particular on escalating tensions between Turkey and its EU neighbours. …
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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) coronavirus alarm threshold is 20 cases per 100,000 people on a seven-day average. Beyond that, the agency says, the risk of…
America
Authorities in northeastern Syria have said they will remove Syrians from the al-Hol displacement camp, and relinquish any responsibility for foreign nationals being held there. The Kurdish Autonomous Administration of…
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As he revealed his plan to fight “separatism” in France, President Emmanuel Macron referred to the preference given to religious law over the country’s republican and secular values by Muslim…
Christianity
Eileen Barker, Europe’s most senior scholar of new religions, notes in her entry “New Religious Movements” in the 2020 SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religions, that “one does not…
Europe
At 8 pm Bulgarian time, MEPs are discussing a resolution on Bulgaria that is to be voted on October 8. Only speakers pre-selected by parliamentary groups are to talk. Positions…
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The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, reacts to the release of Pope Francis’s Encyclical, "Fratelli tutti", on Sunday.
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Reflecting on the gifts of Hispanic/Latino Catholics in the United States, Bishop Cepeda says they understand Pope Francis’s vision because “he speaks our language”.
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Pope Francis appoints a President and Members of the Commission for Confidential Matters, which oversees the awarding of certain public contracts.
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Following the publication of the Pope's encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” on Sunday, Bishops in the United States and Australia highlight his important appeals for solidarity and human fraternity.
