Catholic priest killed in northern Mexico
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Baja California are investigating the apparent slaying of a Roman Catholic priest in […]
Australia considers following US on Jerusalem embassy
Source: BBC News Australia will consider recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. If acted upon, the move would […]
Russian Orthodox Church breaks with Constantinople in row over Ukraine
Source: Reuters By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) – The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it had decided to sever all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest […]
Washington Catholic Archdiocese releases names of 31 clergy members ‘credibly accused’ since 1948 of sexually abusing minors
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein and Julie Zauzmer Four days after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl amid criticism of his handling of clerical sex abuse, Washington’s archbishop released a […]
The Japanese Man Who Saved 6,000 Jews With His Handwriting
Source: The New York Times By David Wolpe Mr. Wolpe is the rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and the author of “David: The Divided Heart.” NAGOYA, Japan — […]
Zimbabwe’s radical cure for depression
Source: BBC News By Rachel Nuwer from Zimbabwe Late one evening, Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Harare, Zimbabwe, received a call from a doctor in an emergency room. A 26-year-old […]
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion
Source: The New York Times By Steve Lohr Every major university is wrestling with how to adapt to the technology wave of artificial intelligence — how to prepare students not […]
Religious Hate Crimes In England And Wales Mostly Target People Thought To Be Muslim
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla New U.K. data show that nearly two-thirds of the targets were perceived to be either Muslim or Jewish. Religious hate crimes have spiked dramatically […]
Humanity First Disaster Relief Emergency Medical team assessing patients in Palu, Central Sulawesi
REPORT from Humanity First International Published on 10 Oct 2018 —View Original After the devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Sulawesi Island in Indonesia on the 28th of September 2018, […]
Islam: Containing Beauty and Joy
Source: Patheos By Daniel Thomas Dyer, who is an author and artist and Creative Director of Chickpea Press. A great lover of poetry, he was called to Islam after falling in love with the beautiful poems of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. I have often wondered why the Beautiful and the Joyful […]
Ethiopia creates Peace Ministry
Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s prime minister created a new Ministry of Peace and handed half the posts in his cabinet to women in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle […]
The leaders who unleashed China’s mass detention of Muslims
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley BEIJING — Rukiya Maimaiti, a local propaganda official in China’s far west, warned her colleagues to steel themselves for a wrenching task: detaining large […]
The Pope Ignores the Damage as Another Prelate Falls
Source: The New York Times By the editorial board, which represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed […]
For Khashoggi, a Tangled Mix of Royal Service and Islamist Sympathies
Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard and David D. Kirkpatrick BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jamal Khashoggi landed in Washington last fall, leaving behind a long list of bad news back home. After […]
Holy wars: The Catholic Church’s long history of bickering
Source: Los Angeles Times After years of receiving plaudits for his upbeat, merciful brand of Roman Catholicism, Pope Francis has seen his popularity slip in the U.S. over accusations he has […]
Women tie the knot in Austria’s first same-sex marriage
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Two women have tied the knot in Austria’s first same-sex marriage, months after the country’s Constitutional Court ruled to legalize it. Vienna’s city […]
Liberals split over Labor bid to end religious schools’ ability to sack gay teachers
Source: The Guardian By Paul Karp The Morrison government is split on whether to support Labor’s call to amend discrimination law to prevent religious schools firing gay staff. The Liberal […]
Israeli PM favors naming envoy to Christian world
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he favors appointing an envoy to the Christian world, a sign of Israel’s efforts to foster close ties with its […]
Archbishop’s defiance threatens Putin’s vision of Russian greatness
Source: The Guardian By Simon Tisdall Donald Trump seems strangely in awe of Vladimir Putin. Theresa May’s attempts to face down the Kremlin after Salisbury have had limited impact. But has Putin […]
Chinese official says ‘sinicization’ of religion in Xinjiang must go on
Source: Reuters SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The “sinicization” of religion must be upheld to promote ethnic solidarity and religious harmony, a senior Chinese official has said in the troubled western region […]