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The Prospects of American Religion Have Never Been Higher
A recent Gallup poll included some grim news: Less than 50% of Americans belong to a religious community such as a church or a synagogue, the lowest since the organization…
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45 killed in Israel religious bonfire festival stadium stampede
Israeli investigators are examining what caused a crush that killed at least 45 ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshipers and injured 100 more at a mass religious gathering in Mount Meron in northern…
America
Is Convicted Cop Derek Chauvin a Scapegoat for America’s Racist “Religion of Whiteness?”
Photo: YouTube In the following piece, award-winning journalist Robert C. Koehler says convicted murderer Derek Chauvin is no different from other killer-cops--except for the fact that his crime against George…
News
Religion Both Helped and Hurt during the Pandemic
<div class="mura-region-local"><p>People turn to religion for comfort and hope in times of crisis and uncertainty, and March 2020 was one of those times. Americans experienced a spike in distress during…
News
Transcending ‘The Religion of Whiteness’
Basically, Derek Chauvin was convicted of enforcing the status quo. Because his behavior was caught on video — his knee on George Floyd’s neck, oh my God, choking him to…
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Religion and sex education
Sir, – Máire de Barra and Catherine O’Mahony make excellent points about sex education in Catholic schools (Letters, April 28th). Ireland is long overdue a complete and irreversible separation of…
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Islam is a very simple religion
Muslims observe Ramadan in every ninth month of the Islamic calendar Islamic scholar Sheikh Ayyub Ofosu-Hene Asare has emphasized that the Islamic religion is a very simple one unlike most…
Buddhism
Buddhist Times News – Indian Embassy celebrates Vesak Day through webinar in Cambodia
Rhea Mae Soco / Khmer Times The Indian Embassy in Cambodia celebrates Vesak Day via webinar on Sunday. Facebook The Embassy of India in Phnom Penh, in collaboration with Preah Sihanouk…
Christianity
Join online event on Vocational Education and Training in Europe
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and Don Bosco International (DBI) are pleased to invite you to join the webinar “VET for integral and inclusive…
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Religion, Racism, and Need For Community
NEWBURGH – Through the combined efforts of Mount Saint Mary College’s Dominican Scholars of Hope and the Writing Center, the Mount community gathered virtually to reflect on the sin of…