A Muslim Celebrating Palm Sunday, Today
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]
Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity
Source: The Guardian Ruth Maclean west Africa correspondent and Isaac Abrak in Dapchi The only Christian girl among the Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month could have been freed along […]
European court upholds German move to take kids from sect
Source: Associated Press By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday upheld Germany’s decision to take away the children of families in a Christian […]
‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe
Source: The Guardian Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. […]
Author Traces Christianity’s Path From ‘Forbidden Religion’ To A ‘Triumph’
Source: NPR By TERRY GROSS For years, religion scholar Bart Ehrman wanted to write a book about the early spread of Christianity, but he shied away from it because the topic […]
‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe
Guardian: Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. The survey of 16- to 29-year-olds found the Czech Republic is the least religious country in Europe, with 91% of that age group […]
Debate On Role Of Islam Divides German Government
Source: NPR BY SIMON SCHÜTZ Germany’s new minister of interior, Horst Seehofer, has stirred up debate about the role of Islam in Germany. In an interview with the German newspaper BILD Seehofer […]
Vatican convicts ex-Guam archbishop accused of abuse
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD The Vatican didn’t say what exactly Archbishop Anthony Apuron had been convicted of, and the sentence was far lighter than those given high-profile elderly […]
Christians come under threat in Pakistan: ‘No one accused of blasphemy is ever safe’
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable March 16 at 5:00 AM Email the author People from a Pakistani Christian community near Lahore pray for the recovery of Sajid Massih, who suffered serious […]
Father testifies in Australian court cardinal abused son
Source: Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A father testified in an Australian court Thursday that his son said he was sexually abused by Vatican Cardinal George Pell during a […]
Young people to talk with Pope Francis about future of the church
Source: Religion News Service By Thomas Reese (RNS) — Around 300 young people from all over the world will descend on Rome next week to have a conversation with Pope […]
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History – Premiering Today on CNN
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History Premieres Sunday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET in CNN Go inside the Vatican to reveal how popes have used their power to […]
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s founding fathers, who etched a commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration into the declaration of independence, might be surprised […]
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 5, 2018 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria […]
Greek protesters attack new religious instruction textbooks.
Source: Associated Press ATHENS (AP) — About 2,000 people have marched to the Greek parliament to protest new school books they claim endanger faith in Orthodox Christianity, Greece’s official religion. […]
A rabbi, an imam and a pastor walk onto a stage…
Source: The Economist By H.G. and ERASMUS AFTER nearly 17 years on the road, the Interfaith Amigos are a trio (an imam, a rabbi and a Christian pastor, to be […]
Catholic hierarchy to be confronted over gender inequality
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent “Powerful vested interests” within the Catholic church are being challenged at a conference in Rome on International Women’s Day as calls grow for women to […]
Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded
Source: Pew Research Center from August 2017 As Protestants prepare to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the prevailing view among […]
Ehrman and Licona Debate: “Are the Gospels Historically Reliable?”
On February 21, 2018, Ratio Christi and the KSU History Club cosponsored a debate between Bart Ehrman and Mike Licona on the question “Are the Gospels Historically Reliable?” The debate […]
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
Premieres Sunday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in CNN Go inside the Vatican to reveal how popes have used their power to shape the course of world history. The […]