Source: America Magazine By Michael O’Loughlin In a speech delivered at the Vatican just three days before the U.S. presidential election, Pope Francis urged social justice activists from around the world […]
Source: BBC By Sean Coughlan Education correspondent The Prince of Wales, on a visit to the United Arab Emirates, has warned of the deliberate destruction of “mankind’s cultural heritage”. Prince […]
RELIGIOUS INTEGRATION By swissinfo.ch NOV 7, 2016 – 11:07 Almost two-thirds of respondents said there was no place in Switzerland for Islam (Keystone) Almost two-thirds of people living in Switzerland do not think Islam should be recognised as an official Swiss religion, according to a survey. A similar proportion believes […]
Source: Swiss Info There is neither a reason nor a legal basis to monitor all mosques and imams as a preventative measure, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) […]
IN ASSOCIATION WITH Deciding to stay in education after your degree can help you get a better job but courses can cost up to £12,000. Here’s why it’s worth the investment Amy McLellan Monday 31 October 2016 It’s a big moment: that decision to commit to further study. As peers […]
theguardian — Rabbinical authorities bar man from leaving Israel, claiming he is responsible for his son’s refusal to grant his wife a divorce The headquarters of the chief rabbinate in Tel Aviv, which controls all matters of marriage and divorce in Israel. Photograph: Dan Perry/AP Israeli rabbinical authorities have seized […]
The Entente Cordiale which sent my father to France is now trash beneath the high heels of Theresa May, yet this wretched woman dares to wear a poppy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 3 November 2016 The Every Man Remembered sculpture in London, commemorating First World War soldiers Rex Yes, the […]
Halt reflects deepening rift between the two countries By Reuters – Nov 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar and oil from a government truck, after goods shortage in retail stores across the country and after the central bank floated the pound currency, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — “She made me do it.” I hear this phrase all too often, and each time I hear it my heart bleeds. In my pro bono legal practice, I represent indigent women who suffer or have suffered through domestic violence. As an attorney, as a […]
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Source: RNS By Serajul Quadir DHAKA, (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh have arrested dozens of people following fresh violence against Hindus, a senior officer said, after a spate of attacks […]
Source: Pew Research Center Declines in eight states and increases in seven since 2009 BY JEFFREY S. PASSEL AND D’VERA COHN There were 8 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. working or looking for work in 2014, making up 5% of the civilian labor force, according to new Pew Research […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent About half a million babies in Britain, most with unmarried mothers, were adopted from the 50s to the 70s via church-run agencies. Photograph: Tom Merton/Getty Images/Caiaimage Pressure is mounting for a public inquiry into the adoption of hundreds of thousands of babies born to […]
Source: The Guardian It’s been sad and moving, the outpouring of anguish that has greeted an apology from the Catholic church for its adoption policy during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It’s reckoned that half a million babies were prised from their young mothers’ arms in the days after birth, […]
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Summersand agencies Pope Francis prays in front of quake ruins in Amatrice. The Vatican say Cavalcoli’s views are offensive and disgraceful. Photograph: Osservatore Romano/EPA An Italian priest has angered the Vatican after claiming the earthquakes that have shaken the country killing hundreds and leaving thousands homeless […]
Source: Time By Amanda MacMillan / Real Simple Sunlight plays an important part in mental health It’s well known that exposure to natural light affects mood, and that shortened days (whether […]
Source: Time By Sam Frizell / Cleveland Dark prophecies are more likely to seem credible in church. So when Hillary Clinton took the stage at Mt. Airy Church of God and quoted Proverbs—”where there is no vision, the people perish”—the congregation nodded and said “amen” in solemn agreement. “This election, in […]
Source: BBC By Bianca Nogrady “You look amazing – are you banting?” In the 1860s there was only one diet, and it was the Banting. Conceived of by a corpulent […]
Source: BBC By Vivien Cumming 7 November 2016 There is a place in the world where all the forces of nature merge and create an environment so unique that there […]
Source: Time BY Lisa Eadicicco Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a Slack competitor designed to help workers collaborate on projects — and to fill a hole in its Office suite Microsoft’s Office […]