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Catholicism
Ahead of the 80th birthday of Pope Francis, email addresses in eight languages are allowing the faithful to send their wishes. The Vatican has created eight…
Atheism
Green Party Candidate Rob Sherman’s plane wreck was found in the early hours of Saturday. One of America’s strongest fighters for separation of church and state,…
Christianity
The painting of the Holy Family on a set of sex toys in Spain has offended the religious sentiments of certain Christian groups. A shop selling…
Christianity
United Methodist Women 2018 assembly theme is inspired by Mary -“The Power of Bold” Methodist women will be gathering in Columbus, Ohio in May 2018 to…
Judaism
New ‘Rent a Jew’ program hopes to bring Germans and Jews together. A Munich-headquartered educational organization, European Janucz Korczak Academy, wants to oppose the rising wave…
Catholicism
Italy’s Muslim refugees are joining in on Christmas festivities to assimilate into the culture. In a country where 95 percent of the population is Catholic, any…
Issues
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks on rising hate crime Monday morning during a visit to a Virginia mosque. A Northern Virginia mosque witnessed a visit…
Ethics
The UK is the first to institute the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s anti-Semitism definition. The United Kingdom will be the first country to accept the anti-Semitic…
Buddhism
Harvard University’s new “Buddhism Through its Scriptures” free online course. The rise in demand to learn about Buddhism has resulted in a number of unique ways…
Islam
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has been found guilty of hate speech. Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician known for his anti-Islamic stance, was convicted by a…
Celebrity
Ivanka Trump’s conversion accepted under new standards. Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, has spoken: the conversion to Judaism by Ivanka Trump does not…
Christianity
Nepali Christians prevail after country’s first anti-evangelism case is dropped. Under Nepal's new constitution, anything linked to evangelism is outlawed. This dispute along religious lines is…