Pope Vows to “Uproot Evil” of Clerical Sexual Abuse, Ten Million Hindus Could Meet During Pandemic,Government Restrictions on Religion at All-Time High, Justice Alioto Decries COVID Restrictions on Religious Freedom, Cuomo Slammed for Religious Freedom Restrictions, China Waging “Second Cultural Revolution” Against Buddhism
Pope Vows to “Uproot Evil” of Clerical Sexual Abuse
Ten Million Hindus Could Meet During Pandemic
Despite India’s high COVID cases, the annual Hindu Magh Mela – a religious pilgrimage to Prayagraj, India – will occur as usual. The event often attracts 10 million people, and so worries about the spread of COVID-19 have alarmed officials even though attendance is expected to be less this year because of the pandemic. “I think the risks are quite significant,” says Ziad Memish, who directs the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Government Restrictions on Religion at All-Time High
Justice Alito Decries COVID Restrictions on Religious Freedom
Cuomo Slammed for Religious Freedom Restrictions
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn asked the Supreme Court last week to block limits imposed on in-person church attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic. The continuing dispute is over restrictions imposed on religious services while some secular businesses remain open. The Supreme Court rebuffed similar challenges over the summer, but this is the first one to come to the justices since Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation last month, and the diocese could find more success before the now more conservative court. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo limited in-person attendance at church services to either 10 or 25 people.
China Waging “Second Cultural Revolution” Against Buddhism
According to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) during the 70-year occupation of Tibet, the Chinese Communist Party beginning with Mao Zedong, has attacked Tibetan monasteries, sacred texts, scriptures monks and nuns. Now, under Xi Jinping, said the CTA, a second cultural revolution is being waged against Tibetan Buddhism. The atheistic government has formulated “Order no. 5” requiring all reincarnate monks to register for government approval, and for decades, it has been attempting choose the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama.