When Leaving Your Religion Means Losing Your Children
Source: NPR BY SAMANTHA RAPHELSON Chavie Weisberger was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey, N.Y., and was forced to marry a man she barely knew when she was 19. […]
Gaza residents pray near Israel as Muslims mark major feast
Source: Associated Press By WAFAA SHURAFA GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand Gaza worshippers knelt on prayer rugs spread on sandy soil, near the perimeter fence with Israel, […]
Filipino Muslims mark Eid in ruins of war-torn Marawi
Source: Associated Press By JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA MARAWI, Philippines (AP) — Muslim residents of a southern Philippine city devastated by last year’s bloody militant siege celebrated the Islamic […]
For Mosque at Heart of Grenfell Tragedy, a Bittersweet Anniversary
Source: The New York Times By Anna Schaverien LONDON — Abdurahman Sayed doesn’t know where he got the energy. Last year during Ramadan, the busiest time of the year for […]
South Australia Catholic church to ignore law on reporting confessions of abuse
Source: The Guardian Adelaide’s acting archbishop says confessional is sacred and its nature can’t be changed Australian Associated Press Bishop Greg O’Kelly, acting archbishop of Adelaide, told ABC radio confession […]
Netanyahu unexpectedly meets with Indonesian Muslim leader
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The leader of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization has held a surprise meeting with Israel’s prime minister. Yahya Staquf, secretary general of the 60 million […]
South African police kill man after fatal mosque attack
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man fatally stabbed two people on Thursday and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot […]
Italy and France try to patch up migrant row, draw papal rebuke
Source: Reuters BY Steve Scherer, Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME (Reuters) – Italy and France tried to patch up a row over immigration on Thursday as Pope Francis urged politicians everywhere to […]
Argentina steps closer to legalising abortion
Source: BBC News Catholic Argentina’s lower house has backed a bill legalising abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. After a divisive debate lasting more than 22 hours, 129 […]
Sessions cites Bible to defend separating immigrant families
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the Bible on Thursday in his defense of his border policy that is resulting in hundreds […]
Sessions at odds with his church on immigrants
Source: Baltimore Sun By Dan RodricksContact Reporter The Baltimore Sun Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears determined to inflict as much pain as possible in his efforts to deter immigrants from gaining entrance […]
AI gives silenced radio journalist his voice back
Source: BBC News By Mary-Ann RussonTechnology reporter, BBC News Image copyrightJAMIE DUPREEImage captionRadio journalist Jamie Dupree will be able to broadcast again thanks to artificial intelligence A US radio journalist […]
The Age Gap in Religion Around the World
Source: Pew Research Center By several measures, young adults tend to be less religious than their elders; the opposite is rarely true (Chad Springer/Image Source/Getty Images) In the United States, […]
Parents Are Facing a Nightmare at the U.S. Border
Source: Time By HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS June 14, 2018 Earlier this year, a young Honduran woman named Mirian gathered her 18-month-old son into her arms and walked across the bridge between […]
Drowning Is the No. 2 Cause of Death for Young Children. Here’s How to Keep Your Kids Safe Around Pools
Source: Time By GINA MARTINEZ The tragic death of Olympic skier Bode Miller’s 19-month-old daughter on Sunday has cast new light on the dangers of drowning – which is the […]
Most Americans express positive views of country’s growing racial and ethnic diversity
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANNAH FINGERHUT (Joana Toro/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) A majority of Americans continue to say the United States […]
Indonesia: A woman went to check her corn — and was swallowed by a python
Washingtonpost.com by Avi Selk June 16 at 12:46 PM Email the author Reticulated pythons on average grow 10 to 20 feet long, but some grow much larger. (iStock) For the second time in barely more than a year, an Indonesian villager has been swallowed whole by a python. Wa Tiba, […]
The White House iftar with no Muslim Americans perfectly encapsulated Trump’s attitude to Islam
The US president has instead cast himself as the champion of white Christian Americans, writes Hussein Ibish Hussein Ibish June 16, 2018 This month’s White House iftar perfectly encapsulated Donald […]
Leading Antarctic experts offer two possible views of continent’s future
Scientists address Antarctica’s future Date: June 14, 2018 Source: University of Massachusetts at Amherst Summary: The next 10 years will be critical for the future of Antarctica, and choices made […]
Apocalypse Angie: Merkel’s Dark View of the World We Live In
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is watching with deep concern as the pillars of the postwar international order collapse. But what is she doing about it? By René Pfister June […]