Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas SYDNEY, Australia — At a regular Sunday morning service, before the praise songs and a sermon on resilience, a pastor at one […]
Source: Associated Press By SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — An Irish government Cabinet minister has told Pope Francis that the Catholic Church “should contribute substantially” to funding reparations for survivors […]
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse The Vatican has rolled back on a recommendation by Pope Francis that parents seek psychiatric help for children who show homosexual tendencies. The pope made the comments […]
Source: Associated Press By VICTORIA MILKO YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Facebook said Monday that it is banning Myanmar’s powerful military chief and 19 other individuals and organizations from its site […]
Police investigate petrol bomb attack on Sikh temple in Edinburgh Source: BBC News A petrol bomb attack on a Sikh temple in Edinburgh is being treated as a hate crime. […]
Africa, home to growing number of Christians and Muslims, contends with atheists, too Source: Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — When the doors swing open every Sunday morning, churches […]
Source: The Guardian BY Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent “It was almost winter and Bear was getting sleepy,” the Iranian cleric reads aloud. He has taken off his clerical robe, put aside […]
Source: Asia Time Russia has beefed up its naval presence in the Mediterranean amid claims by Moscow that the United States is poised to launch a strike at Syrian forces preparing for a major offensive in Idlib. Up to 11 Russian warships have crossed the Bosphorus as tensions between the […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Asia Times The southern Thai province of Narathiwat, March 30, […]
Source: Dawn TWO years ago, the forces of the so-called Islamic State Group (IS) descended upon the Shingar mountain range in north-western Iraq bordering Syria. Barren and rising up above the surrounding alluvial plains, the range, particularly Mount Shingar itself, has long been revered by populations of humans, forming the […]
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world’s […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Michelle Boorstein August 28 at 7:01 AM In the wake of a summer of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, topped this weekend […]
Source: NBC Philadelphia Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has evidence that the Vatican knew about the cover-up of clergy abuse in the Catholic Church, but said he […]
Source: Time By ALICE PARK August 21, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. To ward off heart disease, the American Heart Association (AHA) has a helpful list of the most […]
Source: BBC News UN human rights experts believe war crimes may have been committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen. In their first such report, they allege Yemeni […]
Source: The Guardian BY Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondent Myanmar’s military has been accused of genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine state in a damning UN report that alleged the army was responsible […]
Source: Time By KATIE REILLY Updated: August 27, 2018 4:17 PM ET In a final letter written before his death, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain said he had enjoyed “experiences, adventures and […]
Source: The Verge By Andrew J. Hawkins Toyota will invest $500 million in Uber in a deal that values the ride-hail giant at $72 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. As part of the […]
Source: Religion News Service By Carolyn M. Warner, who is associate director of graduate studies and a professor at Arizona State University. (The Conversation) — A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of over 1,000 […]
Source: Independent, from June 13, 2018 By Chris Baynes Counter-terrorism agency gives go-ahead to contest organised by party which wants to ban Islam Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders is to […]