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Pope Francis: “normal” porn also weakens the soul
As covered by La Reppublica, a mainstream media of Italy, Pope Francis sent a message to the seminarians: “Priests and nuns also have the vice of porn on the web. Beware:…
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Reconcile differences through recognising the past blunders
Bashy Quraishy Secretary General – EMISCO -European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion Thierry Valle Director CAP Liberté de Conscience The United Nations was founded in 1945 after the Second World War…
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Need fast facts on drugs, crime, or criminal justice? Check out our updated Data Portal
More than 250,000 data points available on the Data Portal of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), now with a new, user-friendly interface Vienna (Austria), 25 October 2022 – Did you…
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Religion on Fire: Russia is destroying primarily its own Churches in Ukraine
Few days ago, the Ukrainian scholarly project “Religion on Fire” launched their interim report on the damages caused to religious buildings and facilities as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion…
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Council adopted EU single window for customs
To make international trade easier, shorten customs clearance times and reduce the risk of fraud, the EU decided to create a single window for customs. Today the Council adopted new rules…
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Diwali 2022: The Hindu Forum Europe and Hindu Forum Luxemburg celebrated together this religious festivity
On Friday 21 October 2022, the first of a number of Diwali events started to take place and in Luxembourg took place one that included the presence of the President…
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Ukraine war: this conflict is just further evidence that Putin’s Russia is now a rogue power
Russia Rogue power - Given where most of the fighting and dying is taking place it is easy to think that the current European security crisis is primarily about Ukraine.
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Karlsruhe: “An ecumenism of the heart”
What do I remember, more than a month after the remarkable event that brought together more than 4,000 Christians in the Karlsruhe Congress Centre from 31 August to 8 September?…
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Erdogan: Slander on social media equals ‘terrorist attack’
Some “smear campaigns” on social media are tantamount to a “terrorist attack”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, after a law came into force days ago that provides jail…
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Voices raised in Brussels for a ban on all forced labour products from China
The European Commission “to propose an import ban on all products produced by forced labour and on products produced by all Chinese companies