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Religion in a pluralistic society – Ray Azzopardi
The equality bills by their very name give one the impression that they are a step in the right direction. Who doesn’t want equality? We all want to eliminate discrimination.…
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Amy Coney Barrett scrutinized over religion vs. law
Second of two parts. Professor <a href="/topics/amy-coney-barrett/">Amy Coney Barrett</a>, addressing law school graduates at <a href="/topics/notre-dame-university/">Notre Dame University</a> in 2006, delivered a stark admonition to the future lawyers<a href="/topics/amy-coney-barrett/">: She</a>…
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Covid-19 spread: No religion, God call for big celebrations, says Harsh Vardhan
Oct 12, 2020, 07:49AM ISTSource: TOI.in With concerns rising over an accelerated spread of Covid during the festival season, health minister Harsh Vardhan has called for extra vigil and said…
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What Barrett, Republicans and Democrats said about religion at her controversial 2017 hearing
"You've been outspoken about your role and your Catholic faith, and what that plays in your life," then-Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said. "And you've thought and written…
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No religion asks for ostentatious celebrations of festivals, stay away from crowds amid Covid
celebrations of festivals - A new report warns that the sporting industry is "playing against the clock" and confronts major disruptions due to climate change. Changing meteorological patterns have already…
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No religion or God asks for flamboyant festive celebrations, stay away from crowds amid Covid: Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday urged people to stay away from large congregations and diligently follow COVID-19 guidelines during the upcoming festive season, saying no religion…
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Holy war: Republicans eager to focus Amy Coney Barrett hearings on religion
When Donald Trump’s latest supreme court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, arrives before the Senate judiciary committee for her confirmation hearings on Monday, Democrats will be out to raise an alarm…
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Science and Religion Have Never Been More at Odds. Can Conshohocken’s Templeton Foundation Bridge the Divide?
Longform It’s shoveled more than a billion and a half dollars at research attempting to reconcile the spiritual and the secular. Is the foundation’s quest just some rich guy’s pie-in-the-sky…
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World Food Program’s Nobel Peace Prize shines light on global hunger
The World Council of Churches has joined the rest of the plant in welcoming the award of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the UN World Food Program, one of…
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Chained and locked up, why some Nigerians turn to religion first to treat the mentally ill
"My mum thought it was something spiritual from her side of the family. So they took me for prayers with the hope that I'd be cured of whatever was wrong,"…