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Webinar “Spirituality, Sustainability and Style”

COMECE and the Pontifical Council for Culture are pleased to invite you to join a webinar on the New European Bauhaus initiative of the European Commission. The event will take place in a digital format on Thursday 15 April 2021, from 17:00 to 19:10 (CEST)

Buddhist Times News – Sri Lanka promoted as destination for Buddhist studies

Sri Lanka promoted as destination for Buddhist studies ...

This is shameful! We’re entitled to our religion

Entertainment of Friday, 26 March 2021 Source: Peace FM 2021-03-26 Popular reggae artiste and radio presenter, Blakk Rasta has waded into the massive debate on social media regarding a decision by Achimota School not to admit two Rastafarian students until …

UK School Teacher Suspended for ‘Showing Pupils Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad’ During Religion Class

Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire had to delay its opening on Thursday, as enraged Muslim parents protested outside the school building  because a teacher had allegedly shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during...

CEC and COMECE share a message of hope for Easter amid Covid-19

In a joint message for the upcoming Easter, the Conference of European Churches (CEC) together with the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) sheer hope in Christ’s resurrection in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing all people in Europe, especially the poor and the most vulnerable, CEC President Rev. Christian Krieger and COMECE President H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ issued the following message on 31 March.

Duq alum leads panel on race and religion

Griffin Sendek | Multimedia Editor. In February, Duquesne Ph.D. recipient George Yancy published an "Open Letter to Black Students at Duquesne." This week, he led a virtual panel on the role various religions play in the...

Pandemic reveals women’s role in leadership

At the 65th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the BIC focuses on the need for models of leadership to be reevaluated.

Bullying Over Religion May Have Led Alleged CO Shooter To Become Anti-Social

This undated photo provided by the Boulder Police Department shows Colorado shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. Alissa has been identified as the suspect in Monday, March 22, 2021 shooting rampage at a grocery store in Boulder. (Boulder Police …

Act impedes religion, does not provide ‘equality for all’

Staff Editorial Graphic by Mary Mone Despite many religious organizations having major concerns of threats to their first amendment rights, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act on Feb. 25. The Equality Act says it...

COMECE to EC “A step for a more inclusive and fairer EU”

COMECE welcomes the European Commission’s Action Plan on the Social Pillar: “A step for a more inclusive and fairer EU” The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) welcomes the long-awaited Action Plan...

Historic Consensus On Freedoms Of Religion And Expression At Risk, Say UN Experts

GENEVA (23 March 2021) – United Nations human rights experts said today digitalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic had facilitated a new wave of stigma, racism, xenophobia and hate targeting minorities and those considered "others", often...

Exploring the afterlife with science and religion

… old arguments between science and religion about what happens when we … long been the province of religion, based on faith. And … about the looming divorce between religion and the...

A Video on the Scientology Website’s Interactive Timeline Shows the Outreach of the Volunteer Ministers of Miami

Miami is unique in many ways, especially its demographics: 70 percent of its population is Hispanic or Latinx. Realizing that many, including those only recently arrived in the city from across Latin America, depend on...

Racism, misogyny, guns and religion: Experts call Atlanta “an unmistakable American stew”

Last Tuesday, a 21-year-old white man named Robert Aaron Long apparently went on a shooting spree, killing seven women and one man at three spas in the Atlanta area. Six of the women are of Asian...

Buddhist Times News – Buddhist stupa restoration begins

  Buddhist stupa near Shingardar village. PHOTO: FAZAL KHALIQ/EXPRESS By  —  Shyamal Sinha The Archeology Department has started restoration work on the Buddhist stupa in Landi Kotal in Khyber Pakthunkhwa’s Khyber tribal district. Lanḍī Kōtal is a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, and the administrative capital of Khyber District. It was one of the largest towns in the […]

Your Religion News: March 20, 2021

’Compassion in Times of Conflict’ — March 30, 5 p.m., on Zoom How do we find compassion and understanding for those we may disagree with, in the presence of mistrust, polarization, or conflict? How can we seek to stay in a place of respect and compassion …

World health chief pays tribute to faith leaders in fight against COVID-19

The World Health Organization chief has played tribute to religious leaders from around the world for the role they have played a vital role in communicating with their communities on the COVID-19 pandemic.

iciHaiti – Religion : The Latin American Confederation of Religious alongside Haitians

iciHaiti - Religion : The Latin American Confederation of Religious alongside Haitians21/03/2021 10:09:35 ...

Saturday’s letters: Freedom of religion not an absolute right

Article content Not for the first time, I find myself in disagreement with the case made by John Carpay whose current position as president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has him...

Religion, belief important to peace promotion: Vietnamese Ambassador

The Ambassador, who is the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, voiced the view that efforts should be made to address the root of religious conflict and hatred, to further facilitate people's participation...

St. Bernard’s School of Religion Keeps Students Connected, Involved

BERGEN BEACH — When schools went remote last spring, religious education programs also pivoted to continue teaching children about the Catholic faith and sacraments. “The really important thing is that, in all of the pandemic,...

On Religion: Cries for help continue from Christians in Nigeria

Another day, with yet another funeral. Catholics in Nigeria have buried many priests and believers killed in their country’s brutal wars over land, cattle, honor and religion. But this was the first time Bishop Matthew...

Buddhist Times News – Connectivity forms an important pillar of India’s Act East Policy, says Secy Riva Das

Connectivity forms an important pillar of India’s Act East Policy, says Secy Riva Das ...

2021 Spring COMECE Assembly – Catholic Church and EU Commission: “facing this historic period together”

2021 Spring COMECE Assembly Catholic Church and EU Commission: “facing this historic period together” Participating in the Spring Assembly of EU Bishops held online on 17-18 March 2021, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas acknowledged the...

Religion retains hold on Australian politics in ‘soft theocracy’

Until Australia becomes a republic, our democracy still embraces archaic religious ideology with institutions that rely on taxpayers to survive, writes Max Wallace. IN 2010, I defined a soft theocracy as: To explain this perspective, I...
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