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Catholicism
New law introduced in Victoria could result in priests facing up to three years in prison The Archbishop of Melbourne said he would rather spend three…
Christianity
“They can’t take what’s hidden in your heart” An American pastor made the journey to China for training faith leaders who were dealing with Christian persecution.…
Buddhism
Concerns have been raised about the slow erosion of the country’s secular fabric A court in Indonesia sentenced Meiliana, an Indonesian of ethnic Chinese origin, to…
Agnosticism
Are Prison Drug Rehab Programs More Effective with Religion? “You can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of the people found in its…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 27, 2017
Baptist
Supreme Court review of the matter in 2005 sees no reason to stop religious services in prisons; Druid priestess sees positive changes in inmates. Jail administrations…
Atheism
Atheist faces a year in jail for denying existence of God in webchat. Viktor Krasnov, a Russian blogger accused of denying God's existence in online comments…
Catholicism
The Chinese government has been cracking down on Christianity. A court in Zhejiang province of China has sentenced Bao Guohua, a Protestant pastor, and Xing Wenxiang,…
Celebrity
Comedian Dieudonne was sentenced to two months in jail for anti-Semitic jokes. Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, the controversial French comedian, was sentenced by a Belgian court to…
Christianity
Nonprofit organization criticizes county clerk Kim Davis’ anti-gay beliefs with billboard. After spending six days in jail for disobeying court orders, Kim Davis was released on…
Christianity
Kim Davis Jailed for Refusing to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses A federal judge ordered a county clerk in Kentucky to jail on charges of contempt Thursday…
Entertainment
Writer Joshua Dubler has published a book, Down in the Chapel, about “the most religiously ecelctic sliver of real estate in the history of the world”—a…
Issues
California prisons, like many across the United States offer their prisoners solace in the form of weekly meetings or prayer services to serve Catholic, Jewish, Protestant,…