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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…
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Christianity
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…
News
COVID-19 disrupting critical mental health services, WHO warns
The global pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries it surveyed, underscoring the devastating impact of COVID-19 and highlighting an urgent need to…
Europe
New centre of excellence on humanitarian and health emergencies inaugurated in Istanbul
On 10 September 2020, the WHO European Centre for Preparedness for Humanitarian and Health Emergencies was formally inaugurated at a colourful ribbon-cutting ceremony, led online by Dr Fahrettin Koca, Minister…
America
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…
America
‘Fratelli Tutti’ challenges our country and our church
Pope Francis waves from his car after celebrating Mass and signing his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship" at the Basilica of St. Francis Oct. 3 in…
America
Fratelli tutti: ‘Don’t just read it, pray it’ – Vatican News
Fr Kevin Irwin suggests "Fratelli tutti" should be both read and prayed because it is "nothing less than about a way to reread and to live the Gospel for our…
Education
Homeschooling will be “strictly limited”, Macron announced
Emmanuel Macron announced plans to strictly limit home schooling in France, making it compulsory within schools from the age of 3. Read more.
ECHR
ECHR grants an interim measure in the case of Armenia v. Azerbaijan
On 29 September 2020, taking the view that the current situation gives rise to a risk of serious violations of the Convention, the European Court of Human Rights (sitting as…
Judaism
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…