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Documentary Showcase on Scientology Network Draws Back Curtain on World of Child Sex Trafficking by Rebecca Blair

Documentary Showcase on Scientology Network Draws Back Curtain on World of Child Sex Trafficking by Rebecca Blair


clock icon 06 Dec 2019
author icon WRN Guest


The documentary featured on this week’s Scientology Network Documentary Showcase December 6 at 8 p.m. is Operation Toussaint, a film that reveals the stark reality of child sex trafficking in the world...

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China Escalates Religious Suppression

China Escalates Religious Suppression


clock icon 05 Nov 2019
author icon Sam Field


While a religiously tolerant Europe slowly slips away from religious belief and observance, the government of China treats religion not as recognition of mankind’s spiritual nature, but as a threat to society,...

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WRN News Summaries From Around the Web

WRN News Summaries From Around the Web


clock icon 28 Oct 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Hindu Festival of Lights Celebrated in White House Ceremony President Trump hosted a celebration of the Hindu Festival of Lights or Diwali in the White House, and tweeted a video of him lighting an oil lamp,...

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WRN News: Shtetl Market, Married Priests, Communist Reincarnation, Transgender, Vaccine Refusal

WRN News: Shtetl Market, Married Priests, Communist Reincarnation, Transgender, Vaccine Refusal


clock icon 21 Oct 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Hasidic Jews Find New “Shtetl Market” Shtetl – small Eastern European Jewish villages before the Holocaust – had busy local markets, which Hasidic Jews are recreating on Amazon, becoming buyers...

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Districts Deceiving Parents: Parents CAN Opt Out of Comprehensive Sexual Education

Districts Deceiving Parents: Parents CAN Opt Out of Comprehensive Sexual Education


clock icon 18 Oct 2019
author icon Alethea Bloomwood


SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 17, 2019 /Christian Newswire/ -- Many of California's school districts are currently deceiving parents about their rights under the law. Contrary to what school districts...

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International Religious Freedom Roundtable Letter for Donald Trump

International Religious Freedom Roundtable Letter for Donald Trump


clock icon 16 Oct 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


International Religious Freedom Roundtable October 11, 2019 The Honorable Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Do Not Abandon the People of Northeast...

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Religious News Worth Reading, week ending Oct 12th 2019

Religious News Worth Reading, week ending Oct 12th 2019


clock icon 15 Oct 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Democratic Candidates Vow to Reverse Religious Protections Presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren announced similar plans to enhance LGBTQ protections including reversing the Trump...

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Interfaith Council Takes Up Human Rights

Interfaith Council Takes Up Human Rights


clock icon 01 Oct 2019
author icon Wayne Edward Hanson


Idi Amin “The Butcher of Uganda” seized power in 1971 and until he was ousted in 1979, his regime murdered an estimated 100,000 to 500,000 political dissidents and members of various ethnic groups....

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PRRI Announces Eleven Public Fellows for 2019-2020

PRRI Announces Eleven Public Fellows for 2019-2020


clock icon 24 Sep 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


WASHINGTON - The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, today announced an expanded cohort of eleven scholars who are joining PRRI’s Public Fellows...

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Celebrities and Nonprofits are Joining Forces to Help the Bahamas Recover

Celebrities and Nonprofits are Joining Forces to Help the Bahamas Recover


clock icon 18 Sep 2019
author icon Linda Wieland


Flying in to Grand Bahama Island with his jet loaded with emergency supplies and a team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers, John Travolta is the latest celebrity to draw attention to the desperate straights...

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