Back in April, I wrote about Canada beginning to crack down on religious services. During that time, a pastor of Polish descent had said the country was turning into World War II Germany, branding police who raided his church ‘gestapo’. Though plainly the nation has not reached those Hitlerian extremes …
Read More »Love thy neighbor? Putin says religious values of ‘mercy’ & support for vulnerable underpin Russian civilization through history
In a speech to social workers on Tuesday, marking the profession’s national day of recognition, Putin emphasized the importance of helping the vulnerable. “The very values of mercy, love for one’s neighbor, and support for those in need bind and consolidate the entire centuries-old history of our people. They constitute …
Read More »Pro-liberty groups file lawsuits after Connecticut ends long-standing religious vaccine exemption for kids in schools
After three years of protests and controversy, Governor Ned Lamont signed bill HB6423 – which removes a clause enshrined in law since 1959 that allowed non-immunized children to attend school, college, and daycare – on Wednesday after it was approved by the Democrat-majority Senate late on Tuesday night. Over 2,000 …
Read More »Orthodox Jews clash with police in Israel as some religious schools open in violation of lockdown (VIDEOS)
On Sunday morning, hundreds of Orthodox believers gathered to defend the yeshiva in Jerusalem’s neighborhood of Mea Shearim, a Haredi stronghold in the city. Religious schools that teach the Talmud and the Torah sacred texts are scheduled to open for in-person studies this week, which contradicts the restrictions by the …
Read More »At least 7 killed, 70 wounded after bomb goes off at religious school in Pakistan – hospital official
The blast took place in Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Senior police official Wagar Azim told AFP that a bomb brought inside the Speen Jammat mosque, which also functions as a religious school for local children, went off in the middle of Quran studies. Lady Reading …
Read More »Round up the ‘anti-vaxxers’? Enlist religious leaders? Bill Gates warns US needs to brainstorm ways to reduce ‘vaccine hesitancy’
The Microsoft founder-turned-vaccine-evangelist painted a mostly rosy picture of a vaccine rollout getting “rich countries” back to normal by the end of 2021 in an interview during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on Tuesday. However, with less than half of Americans saying they’d get a Covid jab – even …
Read More »For each I give my life: a disgraced father Sergius made a religious procession
In Sredneuralskaya convent in the Sverdlovsk region on the night of July 17, there were thousands of pilgrims who believe chiyomaru Sergius. The disgraced father Sergius promised to arrange the procession. “I will carry out the procession around the monastery“, – quotes his words “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. The buses with people …
Read More »Zelensky met with Muslim religious leaders of Ukraine
Meeting with Zelensky was quickly organized after the appropriate request of the mufti. Ukraine’s President-elect Vladimir Zelensky met with the Muftis and Muslim religious leaders of Ukraine. As reported by the mufti of the Spiritual administration of Muslims said Ismagilov in Facebook, meeting with Zelensky was quickly organized after the …
Read More »Scientists have discovered how religious beliefs may affect attitudes to the environment
New research shows that Christians are concerned about climate change and environmental issues in General, when they show religious materials, in which the man is positioned as the guardian of nature. According to psychologists from the University of Illinois (USA) and the University of Warwick (UK), an important factor influencing …
Read More »Scientists have found in Israel ancient Georgian religious temple
Israel found the Georgian Church of the VI century The temple was discovered during excavations in the village of Ashdod-Yam on the Mediterranean coast. When doing work specialists noticed the mosaic floor with strange inscriptions. According to the researchers, discovered marks are ancient Georgian measure of chronology. Deciphering the records, …
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