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Discriminating against a Scientologist in Germany is illegal, Federal Court said
Discriminating against a member of Scientology, Munich City, condemned by Germany's Federal Administrative Court
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Discriminating against a Scientologist in Germany is illegal, Federal Court said
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ECtHR: Belgium condemned for discriminating against Jehovah’s Witnesses
Belgium was condemned for discriminating against Jehovah's Witnesses. Failure to grant congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses exemption from property tax in the Brussels-Capital Region since 2018 was discriminatory ECHR 122 (2022)…
Buddhism
Annual lantern parade to return after 2-year hiatus
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large-scale lantern parade will resume next month as part of the UNESCO-listed Lantern Lighting Festival, an annual festival to celebrate…
Europe
World churches’ head expresses abhorrence at brutality recorded in Bucha, Ukraine; Pope condemns ‘sacrilegious war’
After television footage that showed mutilated bodies of people in civilian clothes some with their hands bound behind their backs in Bucha, Ukraine, the World Council of Churches head said…
News
With This Light: the story of the ‘Mother Teresa’ of Honduras
A documentary film bringing to life the story of the 'Mother Teresa' of Honduras, Sister Maria Rosa Leggol, who helped nearly 90,000 Honduran children escape from poverty and abuse
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Polish churches receive training to ensure strong and safe communities
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) conducted a training for Polish churches in Warsaw, focusing on crisis management and ways of ensuring security for religious communities. The training was held…
Africa
Congo: Church authorities and the Government meet to start preparing for Pope Francis’ visit.
The meeting brought together DRC’s Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Apostolic Nuncio to DRC, representatives of CENCO and senior government officials.
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France presents project A/HRC/49/L.2 on Freedom of Religion or Belief, on behalf of the EU, and gets adopted by the HRC
France on the name of the European Union presented the Project to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the HRC adopted the…
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Finnish MP wins on all charges in major free speech trial
All charges against Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Pohjola are unanimously dismissed following high-profile free speech trialThe former Finnish Minister of the Interior, faced three criminal charges for sharing…
News
Putin recruits ‘Muslims’ for his war in Ukraine
In the name of the alleged defence of the “Russian World” and the Russian-speaking inhabitants of Ukraine (against their will), President Vladimir Putin has recently involved Muslims in his “special…