Cardinal expects ‘significant progress’ at sex abuse summit
Source: Associated Press By JEFF KAROUB and NICOLE WINFIELD DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. archbishop helping to organize next week’s summit of the world’s bishops at the Vatican on sexual […]
‘It Will Cause a Scandal.’ The Pope and a Trusted U.S. Cardinal Clash Over Sex-Abuse Crisis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, chief adviser to Pope Francis on protecting children from sexual abuse, called a meeting with […]
Amish Facts You Need To Know: Rumspringa, Buggies, And More
Source: http://www.hooch.net The Amish are renowned for their unique traditions, from their desire to live a simple life without the complications of modern technology to their unmistakable dress code. Being […]
Drinking two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks
Source: CNN By Sandee LaMotte (CNN)More bad news for diet soda lovers: Drinking two or more of any kind ofartificially sweetened drinks a day is linked to an increased risk […]
This Presidential Candidate Wants to Give Every Adult $1,000 a Month
Source: Time By ABBY VESOULIS Andrew Yang’s presidential platform is idiosyncratic. He’d like to fine companies that harass you with robocalls, force the NCAA to pay its college athletes, modernize voting […]
Germany continues payments to churches a century after deciding to stop
Source: Religion News Service BY Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) — It’s been 100 years since Germany’s first democratic government decided to stop making generous payments to its Protestant and Roman […]
I did it for my daughter, says woman arrested for headscarf protest in Iran
Source: Reuters BY Emily Wither (Reuters) – Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised […]
Why Does the Catholic Church Keep Failing on Sexual Abuse?
Source: The Atlantic A few years after seán o’malley took over the Archdiocese of Boston in 2003, at the peak of the clergy sexual-abuse crisis in America, he led novenas of […]
Indonesia’s Next Election Is in April. The Islamists Have Already Won.
Source: The New York Times By Eka Kurniawan, who is an Indonesian novelist. A poster in Jakarta last month showing the Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, left, and his running mate Ma’ruf […]
Key strains and institutions of Islam explained
Source: The Economist Sunnis: followers of the sunnah, or tradition, of the Prophet Muhammad. They make up more than 80% of Muslims worldwide. Shia: followers of the Prophet’s son-in-law, Ali, […]
Rail minister Sujon visits Panchagarh after attack on Ahmadiyyas
Sazzadur Rahman Sazzad, Panchagarh Published at 04:51 pm February 15th, 2019 File photo of Railways Minister Advocate Md Nurul Islam Sujon A five-member probe committee has been formed to investigate […]
Panchagarh admin blamed for failing to protect Ahmadiyyas
Staff Correspondent | Published: Feb 17,2019 | Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangladesh holds a news conference at its headquarters at Bakshibazar in Dhaka on Saturday.– New Age photo Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t […]
Panchagarh Ahmadiyyas still panicked
Our Correspondent . Panchagarh | Published: 15:20, Feb 16,2019 Homesteads of Ahmadiyya Muslims are burnt by religious bigots in Panchagarh’s Ahmadnagar on Tuesday night. — New Age file photo Ahmadiyya […]
Confront your dark colonial past in Congo and apologise – UN tells Belgium
February 16, 2019 MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Staff Writer Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women’s issues in Africa and the […]
Call to ban killer robots in wars
By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News, Washington DC 15 February 2019 Image captionThis is not about terminator robots but “conventional weapons systems with autonomy” A group of scientists has called […]
Erdogan offers seminary exchange for Greek mosque minarets
Source: Arab News ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday suggested the mosque in Athens should open with minarets if the Greek premier wants to reopen a seminary in […]
North Carolina To Have Its First Black Woman As Supreme Court Chief Justice
Source: Huffington Post By Kimberley Richards North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday appointed Cheri Beasley to be the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court. Beasley will be the […]
Once a majority, Protestants now account for fewer than a third of Germans
Source: Pew Research Center BY JONATHAN EVANS German churchgoers attend a service marking the anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Germany is the birthplace of Martin […]
Protesters in India claim victory as citizenship bill stalls
Source: Reuters By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighboring countries […]
Anti-Semitism: Germany sees ‘10% jump in offences’ in 2018
Source: BBC News The German government has revealed a sharp increase in the number of anti-Semitic offences recorded last year. Crime data, detailed in German media on Wednesday, says 1,646 […]