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Is Macron really working to de-radicalise Islam?

As he revealed his plan to fight “separatism” in France, President Emmanuel Macron referred to the preference given to religious law over the country’s republican and secular values by Muslim citizens. In doing so,...

Saving Lives by Donating Plasma: Why Are Shincheonji’s Good Deeds Ignored?

Eileen Barker, Europe’s most senior scholar of new religions, notes in her entry “New Religious Movements” in the 2020 SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religions, that “one does not often see reports of...

U.S. Repatriated 27 Americans from Syria and Iraq

The United States Has Repatriated 27 Americans from Syria and Iraq Including Ten Charged with Terrorism-Related Offenses for Their Support to ISIS Washington, DC - With the recent transfer of custody of four defendants, the United...

Minna Rosner essay contest winner Rosemund Ragetli

Each year the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada sponsors an essay contest named for the late Shoah survivor Mina Rosner. Mina Rosner dedicated many hours to educating people about the Shoah as well...

Old Believers denounce illegal detention of peaceful family in Belarus

As reported by the World Union of Old believers, The Old Believers living in the historical region of their historically traditional regional residence in the Republic of Belarus became victims of the violence unfolding...

Christian nationalism is not religious freedom | Opinion

At bottom, Christianity is favored in the policies and practices of government officials. Other religions are disfavored, as with Muslim travel bans. Buzz Thomas  |  Guest columnist Show CaptionHide CaptionU.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos discusses...

French proposal rips Islamic ‘separatism’

Islamic 'separatism' - PARIS -- President Emmanuel Macron, trying to rid France of what authorities call a "parallel society" of radical Muslims thriving outside the values of the nation, laid out a series of...

EU Pact on Migration: COMECE calls for concrete solidarity and generosity

EU Pact on Migration: COMECE calls for concrete solidarity and generosity Following the adoption of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday 23 September 2020, the Bishops of...

Emmanuel Macron’s plans to protect French values alienate Muslims

Macron's discourse was a curtain-raiser of sorts for an upcoming draft bill against "separatist" threats, which officials say also include groups like white supremacists. But with many observers considering it clearly aimed at Islamist extremism,...

To Cuba, With Gratitude: Local Author Recalls the Island as a Haven for Jews in New Book

Last December, Ann Arbor resident Ruth Behar returned to Havana, her place of birth, to put the finishing touches on her newest novel, Letters from Cuba. She stayed in the same apartment building where she lived her first five years until 1961 — when her …

Pandemic sparks critical reflection on journalism

AMMAN, Jordan — Earlier this year, as the pandemic was sweeping across the globe, something unusual happened in news reporting—profound ideas about social transformation and acts of solidarity were making headlines worldwide. Although less...

Rahman, stateless, abused, and stuck in limbo

Rahman* was out buying food when Spanish police handed him a 500 euro fine for breaking coronavirus restrictions. “I’ll pay this as soon as I get a residence permit,” he told them. He laughs...

Jews in Europe face new restrictions on religious freedom, says rabbi

Over the course of a single summer in 2020, Jewish graves in Worms, Germany, were vandalised, an Austrian Jew was attacked in the street and a calendar published in the Czech Republic that glorified...

Cardinal Parolin and Vice President Schinas to participate in upcoming EU Bishops Assembly

Cardinal Parolin and Vice President Schinas to participate in upcoming EU Bishops Assembly   The Delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union will gather in Brussels on 28-29October 2020 for the COMECE Autumn Assembly. The progamme will feature the participation of  H.Em. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary...

Who won the debate? Remembering how God measures success

By Jim Denison, Op-ed Contributor | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 The first of three scheduled presidential debates took place last night at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Chris Wallace...

Greece: More than 160 + signatories ask to revoke decision about refugees οn Lesvos

Greece: More than 160 Greek and international organizations, academics and other actors from all over Europe urge the Greek authorities to revoke decision to close dignified alternatives in accommodating refugees οn Lesvos We, the...

EU urges unity among Nigerians, hails COVID-19 response

unity : The European Union Delegation in Nigeria has called on Nigerians to build on things that unite rather than divide the country, in spite of its diverse cultures and religions. The Head of the...

Pompeo presses Vatican to decry China on rights

ROME -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Vatican on Wednesday to join the United States in denouncing violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the forefront...

U.S. Repatriates Last of Islamic State Suspects Believed Captured in Syria

WASHINGTON — The United States has repatriated and charged the last Americans believed to be detained in Syria and accused of supporting the Islamic State, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. The move could...

European financial-crime evaluators make on-site visit to Vatican

...The tower of the Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, is pictured in this 2019 photo file photo. European financial crime evaluators from Moneyval began a regularly...

Launch of Khangchendzonga Buddhist University announced

Sikkim: Launch of Khangchendzonga Buddhist University announced ...

Sister Elaine McCarron, an educator, dies at 88

Sr. Elaine McCarron Sister of Charity of Nazareth Elaine McCarron, formerly Sister Michael Maria, died Sept. 21. She was 88 and in her 67th year of religious life. Sister McCarron, a native of Washington, D.C., served...

Vatican accuses Trump aide Mike Pompeo of exploiting Pope Francis

A  Vatican critique of U.S, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the latest international flare up involving the administration of President Donald Trump which has in recent years lashed out at insitution and allies...
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