Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Catholic missionary news agency says an underground Chinese bishop who is a key player in a proposed Vatican-China deal over bishop nominations […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Tuesday with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the first known contact between the two, following a major […]
Source: Religion News Service By Naila Inayat LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) – A high court in majority-Muslim Pakistan has ruled that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining the civil service, […]
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Photographs by Melissa Golden/Redux and Nichole Sobecki for CNN Atlanta (CNN) Batulo weaves through the crush of passengers streaming down the train station stairs. It is loud — so […]
Source: Time By MAYA RHODAN March 28, 2018 Every woman Senator is urging Senate leadership to bring up legislation that would address sexual harassment and discrimination on Capitol Hill. In a letter signed […]
Source: BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury has said how “ashamed” he is of the Church in the wake of the child sex abuse inquiry. The Most Rev Justin Welby […]
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the […]
Mar 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud The “deal of the century” is a farce. We suspected that, of course, but, upon his return from Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in more detail why the long-anticipated plan of the administration of US President Donald Trump has no […]
Dr. Annemarie Schimmel, wrote in her book ‘Die Traeume des Kalifen’ (The dreams of the Khalifa – in German): Dreams and their interpretation in Islamic Culture. Hadhrat Aisha (ra) […]
Source: BBC News After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un did pay a visit to Beijing. The visit, confirmed by China and North […]
Source: BBC News Video journalist Rachael Thorn. Daniel Holt has a law degree, an ambition to be a barrister – and cerebral palsy. He says his speech impediment has been […]
EMRE GÖNEN From left: Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borissov, European Council President Donald Tusk, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose following a news conference at […]
Source: TED Talks Margaret Heffernan Organizations are often run according to “the superchicken model,” where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn’t what […]
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND and MUJIB MASHAL TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Senior diplomats have gathered to talk about peace in Afghanistan dozens of times through the years, and the Taliban […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Anita Rachman JAKARTA, Indonesia—Businesses are criticizing plans by Jakarta’s governor to close hotels and entertainment venues without warning as part of a vice crackdown, setting […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — A bishop in China’s underground Catholic Church has reportedly been detained, just as the Vatican has been laying the groundwork […]
Source: CBC News The 28-year-old Quebec City man charged with murder and attempted murder in the shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre last year has pleaded not guilty. Alexandre Bissonnette was […]
Source: The Guardian By Philip Oltermann Figures published this week show that 29 charges have been issued citing the ‘anti-face-veiling act’. Photograph: Adithya Sambamurthy/The Guardian for the Guardian An Austrian […]
Source: Reuters By Subrata Nagchoudhury KOLKATA (Reuters) – Clashes in India between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and those of an opposition party snowballed into Hindu-Muslim rioting, with […]
Source: Politico By NAHAL TOOSI The latest shifts on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team, including his choice of John Bolton as national security adviser, have rekindled fears among lawmakers and […]