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Flemish government ‘cleaning up’ Islamic communities
Flemish government ‘cleaning up’ Islamic communities
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Matić Report: COMECE calls on MEPs to be aware of the importance and complexity of the issue and to vote with responsibility
Matić Report: COMECE calls on MEPs to be aware of the importance and complexity of the issue and to vote with responsibility
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Exposing sexual exploitation of women targeting vulnerable religious communities
Online event on exposing sexual exploitation of women that targets vulnerable religious communities The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) invites you to join to the event…
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Department of Religion receives $1 million to establish program in Jain studies
Gift is the largest in department history Ancient Jain statues carved out of rock found in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. (Stock image.) Advocates from across the country are partnering with…
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CEC president congratulates COPIC on 50th anniversary and signing of climate memo
The President of the Conference of European Churches Rev. Christian Krieger brought a special message for the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese Council of Christian Churches at an ecumenical event…
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Lockdowns around the world ‘had huge, rapid impact on ozone pollution’
Rob Waugh ·Contributor Mon, 14 June, 2021, 8:51 pm Nitrogen oxide can be produced in car exhaust fumes. (Getty) Lockdowns around the world have had a huge and rapid…
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China Lures Millions of Tourists to Tibet
Tibet, which existed independently upto 1950, comprises approximately one-fourth of China’s landmass today.Tibet, traditionally, encompassed the regions of the central plateau, Khamand Amdo. After annexing Tibet, China separated Amdo (the…
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The Unknown Dante and His Mystical Esotericism (2)
In different traditions we have descriptions of travels outside the borders of the earth. Undoubtedly, if Dante accepts Virgil as his guide during the first two parts of his journey,…
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The Unknown Dante and His Mystical Esotericism (1)
Dante's poetry played a huge role in shaping Renaissance humanism and in the development of European cultural tradition in general, having a significant impact on culture not only in poetic…
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The Orthodox Church and the Lutherans – An ecumenical correspondence from 1573 to 1581
The ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah II comments on the Confession of Augsburg The 25th September 1559 Philipp Melanchton wrote in a circular letter to a number of friends, that he the very…