News
BYU Law and Religion Symposium promotes religious freedom
Brett G. Scharffs, BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies director, speaks at the Law and Religion Symposium on Oct. 4. (BYU Law) The BYU International Center for Law…
Year: 2020
America
It’s not about Barrett’s religion: It’s about the cover-up of how extreme and unqualified she is
That goes along with Barrett's failure in 2017 and again this year to disclose that she had signed on to a newspaper ad in 2006 taking the most extreme position…
Health
Stillbirths: An unnecessary, unspeakable tragedy – UN report
A stillborn baby is delivered every 16 seconds, which translates into nearly two million infants over the course of a year that never took their first breath, according to a…
News
Communists Warn Citizens: ‘Christianity Does Not Belong in China’
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues its frantic campaign to erase crosses from even Party-controlled churches, the human rights magazine Bitter Winter reported on Tuesday, explaining to Christian residents the crosses…
Food
Intensive farming worldwide threatens Paris climate accord, report says
The spread of intensive farming is threatening to jeopardize the world’s chances of meeting the terms of the Paris agreement on the climate crisis, as the increasing use of artificial…
Economy
EU removes Cayman Islands from Non-Cooperative countries on taxes
Alternative Investment Management Association Welcomes The Decision Of The European Union To Remove The Cayman Islands From Its List Of Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions For Tax Purposes AIMA welcomes the decision of…
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Prof. David Baulcombe: Putting science at the service of Church and society – Vatican News
Professor David Baulcombe, newly-appointed member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and professor at Cambridge University, reflects on how science can be put at the service of society.
Europe
Estonia and WHO to work together on digital health and innovation
WHO and Estonia have agreed to collaborate on developing a digitally enhanced International Certificate of Vaccination, a “smart yellow card” to help strengthen the effectiveness of the COVAX initiative, which…
News
Pope urges science, technology to create inclusive society – Vatican News
Pope Francis sends a message to the plenary meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which is discussing the contribution of science for the survival of humanity in light of…
News
Pope wants the new ‘normal’ to be a new ‘different’ – Vatican News
Msgr Kevin Irwin unpacks Pope Francis’s idea of social friendship as presented in the new Encyclical “Fratelli tutti”.