When a group of Cameroonian religious leaders from both English and French-speaking communities, both Christian and Muslim, met to discuss the crisis in the Anglophone western provinces of Cameroon, they committed themselves to being "diplomats of peace."
A series of seminars taps into a strong desire among officials, academics, and social actors to explore fundamental principles of a more peaceful society.
Moving forward with faith: Religion and politics in a Biden presidency
How will faith influence the direction of the Biden administration?
What agenda will various religious institutions pursue?
Can religion be a force for healing the...
Church history - BYU religion professor Anthony Sweat released a book in November that has been seven years in the making.
“Repicturing the Restoration” shares 25 original paintings depicting art from Church history in new...
(RNS) — Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that New York state can’t stop religious communities from gathering in large numbers, even where worshippers are likely to spread the deadly COVID-19 virus to the...
To back up and ask a fundamental question: Is Sophie alive or dead? In the opening pages, she tells us she’s been killed, hit by a car after leaving the hairdresser. One short section...
COMECE participates in the high level EU religious leaders’ meeting
H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ and H.E. Mgr. Youssef Soueif, respectively President of COMECE and delegate of the Maronites in Cyprus to COMECE, participated...
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on Wednesday night, striking down New York State restrictions on the number of people who can attend religious services during the coronavirus pandemic, is being taken as a signal...
People visit St. Patrick's Cathedral on Nov. 27, 2020, in New York City. In a decision that included newly installed Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court has voted to temporarily block rules in New York that severely restrict gatherings at …
British archaeologist Ken Dark who has spent 14-years studying an excavation site in Nazareth, Israel, believes that he has discovered the childhood home of Jesus.
The owner of a tequila bar in England is attempting to register his establishment as a religion in the hopes of meeting the regulations to keep his business operational during the pandemic.
James Aspell, the...
Future EU-Africa partnership
Local communities play a key role in building resilience and human security
"The human dimension could still be further strengthened in the actions put forward by the European Union in its partnership with Africa, on peace and security in particular”, stated Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE, on the occasion...
For some, drinking is a religion – this is just taking it … explained that to become a religion, people need to be signed … on “how to practice the religion”...
Football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that Diego Maradona’s death has hit him hard.
Zlatan talked about how he reacted to the news that the football legend has died in an interview with the Italian channel...
NEW DELHI: The Uttarkhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 –– a crucial piece of legislation on which the recently enacted UP Conversion Bill 2020 is modelled on –– has been seeing some lapses when...
… to apply to become a religion you need people signed up … congregation. Members of the new religion can choose to be ‘a … on “how to practice the religion”....
Spain Director of Religious Freedom praises the awards granted by the Foundation of the Church of Scientology - Religion News Today - EIN Presswire
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Ranchi: The national president of Adivasi Senghal Abhiyan (ASA) and state chief of Janata Dal United (JDU) Salkhan Murmu on Saturday announced a nationwide chakka jam protest on December 6 to press the Centre...
Sky News host James Morrow says a “small, hilarious slip-up” from President-elect Joe Biden where he pronounced 'Psalms' - a book in the Bible - as “Palms,” can be used to make several serious points about the nature of his administration.
When the U.S. Supreme Court barred restrictions on religious services in New York that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo had imposed to combat the novel coronavirus, numerous religious organizations cheered it as setting down a marker for freedom of religion discourse.