Source: RNS By Jack Jenkins | April 19, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo, nominated to be the next secretary of state, pauses while speaking during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pompeo’s remarks were the first chance for lawmakers and the public to […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By John G. Turner It took a long time for a quintessentially American church to go global. In April 1853 Hosea Stout and two other Mormon missionaries stepped off a boat in Hong Kong. They expected immediate success: Their church’s apostles had promised they […]
Source: Time By Aryn Baker | Photographs by Lynsey Addario for TIME After spending 15 months in captivity in a run-down brothel in the Italian city of Torino, Wealth finally saw her chance to escape. The 23-year-old Nigerian had scraped together nearly 50 euros in tips from a couple of regulars and […]
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April 22, 2018 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman by James M. Dorsey Bangladesh, in a twist of irony, is looking to Saudi Arabia to fund a $ 1 billion […]
Source: BBC News By Claudia Hammond 20 April 2018 Getting first aid right can mean the difference between life and death. But as we learn more about the human body and how it responds, over the years the advice gradually changes – meaning that in some cases, what we learned […]
Source: The New York Times By Melissa Eddy and Andrew Curry April 18, 2018 BERLIN — In Germany’s hugely popular hip-hop music scene, one of the biggest albums of the past year was from two trash-talking rappers who rhymed about their prowess in bed and in the weight room and about violently dominating […]
Source: The Guardian From apps that remind you to confess or help Muslims find halal food, to cashless church donations, religious practice is being inextricably linked to tech BY Tim Dowling Churches in the UK have started using contactless card readers for donations. Photograph: Chris Marsh/SumUp/PA As part of an […]
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood’s blockbuster “Black […]
Source: Aljazeera French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s visit marks the first official meeting between Saudi ruler and a Catholic official. 19 Apr 2018 King Salman has recently held a number of meetings with representatives of Christian traditions [Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Kingdom Council]Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has met French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran during […]
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ SEAN FINE JUSTICE WRITER QUEBEC CITY PUBLISHED APRIL 18, 2018 A woman places flowers near the mosque where a shooting left six people dead, on Jan. 30, 2017 in Quebec City. PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS Amir Belkacemi stood in a Quebec City courtroom on […]
Source: Religion News service By Christopher Lamb VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The tables have turned under Pope Francis. And a new type of Catholic has formed: the conservative dissenter. In the past, conservatives prided themselves on loyalty to the pope and being in lockstep with all papal teachings, while progressives called […]
Source: Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior cleric says Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church has for the first time defrocked a priest for sexually abusing his step-daughter when she […]
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday sharply condemned a street assault in Berlin on two young men wearing Jewish skullcaps that […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash April 20 at 8:28 AM Email the author JERUSALEM — Natalie Portman has pulled out of a ceremony in Jerusalem honoring her as the recipient of a $2 million prize, dubbed by some as the “Jewish Nobel,” the organization said Thursday. The Genesis Prize Foundation, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ben Quinn Lord Sacks speaks of shame over rise of antisemitism, saying ‘this is not the Britain I know and love Jonathan Sacks said on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day: ‘There is today almost no European country where Jews feel safe.’ Photograph: David Sillitoe for the […]
Source: Associated Press By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed, church bells tolled and yellow paper daffodils of remembrance dotted the crowd as Polish and Jewish leaders extolled the heroism and determination of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters on the 75th anniversary of their ill-fated […]
Source: BBC News A Hindu priest from a temple in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad made headlines for carrying a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) man on his shoulders into the temple’s inner sanctum. It has been seen as a dramatic move because Dalits have historically been denied entry […]
Source: Aljazeera Activists say cases of rape and sexual violence on women are common as they decry ‘reluctant and delayed response’. by Rifat Fareed 20 hours ago Protesters demand justice […]
Source: BBC News By Reality Check team BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Gay rights activists from Commonwealth countries are demanding that laws banning homosexuality should be overturned. Campaigner Peter Tatchell has […]