Religious Americans less likely to support gene editing
Science may one day guarantee smarter kids. Here’s why many Americans think that’s a problem Source: Deseret News By Kelsey Dallas SALT LAKE CITY — Strong religious commitments lead to less […]
From slavery to Windrush, when will the discrimination end?
Windrush is a chance to end British intolerance dating from slavery Guy Hewitt On the anniversary of abolition, we must end the discrimination that is the legacy of that horrific […]
Chile’s national prosecutor requesting Vatican sex abuse files
Source: Reuters BY Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s national prosecuting authority said on Wednesday that it had asked the government to submit a formal request to the Vatican for […]
White House bolstering Mideast team ahead of peace plan rollout
National Security Council asks agencies to volunteer staff for Kushner, in first tangible sign in months that administration is advancing Israeli-Palestinian talks proposal By AP Today, 3rd August 2018 President […]
Clerk denies gay marriage license on religious grounds
Photo: Drew Angerer Cuomo calls for investigation into same-sex marriage license denial Source: Times Union By Rachel Silberstein New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ALBANY — Gov. Andrew […]
Judge rules in favor of city allowing mosque to be built
Source: Associated Press STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Detroit suburb violated no laws when it approved a consent judgment allowing the construction of a […]
On the corner of Green and West: Saadat Virk embraces the present but thinks of the past
By Zoya Azhar For the Gazette/Hampshire Life Friday, August 03, 2018 Saadat Virk is a shopkeeper and a man of faith. The owner of a convenience store — unabashedly […]
U.S. wants help finding parents deported without their children
Reuters International This content was published on August 3, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Immigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new “zero tolerance” policy by […]
France to extend 1b euros in aid to Syria refugees, hosts
Amman, Paris agree to join efforts to help solve Mideast crisis By Camille Dupire – Aug 02,2018 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with French Minister of Europe and […]
Look closely and you’ll see Jared Kushner’s cynical ‘deal of the century’ for Palestinians in action
VoicesTheir hearts may be empty but their stomachs shall be filled. Their hopes may be dead but their bank accounts will be in the black Robert Fisk @indyvoice The Independent […]
Catholic Church Faces Reckoning in Chile as Sex Abuse Scandal Widens
Source: The New York Times By Pascale Bonnefoy SANTIAGO, Chile — The 20 men and women rose quietly from their pews during Mass at the Cathedral of Santiago one day last […]
Pew: Why Americans Go to Church or Stay Home
Source: Christian Today By JEREMY WEBER Among regular attenders of religious services: 2 in 3 go because of their kids, Catholics half as likely as Protestants to value sermons, and […]
Why fewer Americans are attending religious services
Source : Religion News Service BY Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — Fewer adults are attending religious services in the United States, but not necessarily because they don’t believe. Many cite […]
Religion: Modernizing the Case for God
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103/104) Source: Time Philosophers refurbish the tools of reason to sharpen […]
GUEST COLUMN: Extremist group that cried ‘wolf’
Published: July 31, 2018 Members of the Markham Synchro club — shooting victim Julianna Kozis, 10, was a member — paying their respects during a vigil at Alexander the […]
The Catholic Church Offering Reasons to a Billion to Examine Islam
The Catholic Church has obliterated its ability to inspire trust Source: The Washington Post By Elizabeth Bruenig, who is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. We live in an era of diminished trust and heightened cynicism. It is hard, now, to imagine someone expressing unqualified faith in government, the […]
For many Muslim grocery shoppers, a shifting definition of ‘halal’
Source: The Conversation BY Febe Armanios & Boğaç Ergene For Muslims, halal food follows certain rules proscribed by Islamic law. It usually pertains to ritual slaughter and abstention from […]
‘There’s going to be a raid’: A Chilean prosecutor forces Catholic Church to give up secrets
Source: Reuters BY Aislinn Laing, Cassandra Garrison SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Two special envoys sent by Pope Francis to investigate a child sex abuse scandal in Chile were meeting priests and […]
Where Churches Have Become Temples of Cheese, Fitness and Eroticism
Source: The New York Times By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — For generations, parishioners whispered their sins in the dark wooden confessional booths of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours, an imposing Roman Catholic church […]
Thousands download 3D-printed gun designs
Source: BBC News Blueprints for 3D-printed guns, published online four days early amid last-minute attempts to ban them, have been downloaded thousands of times. The designs were not due to […]