Tag: Religion
“Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, from scandals to reforms”, by Pascal Wintzer
The succession of revelations of crimes committed within the Catholic Church has caused the shame, anger and dismay of many faithful or priests, who are calling for in-depth reforms. The…
Émile Dione, exorcist priest from Senegal to Brittany
Everyone recognizes him when he walks through the streets of Morlaix, in Finistère-Nord. And he is very proud of it. The Senegalese Émile Dione has officiated for eighteen months as…
a congregation of sisters tells of “a system of influence”
The Benedictines of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre in Paris acknowledged in a press release that they had been victims of “ a system of control, with serious and lasting…
Contrasting Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations in the Middle East
In Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq, Muslims have begun to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, Friday 21 for Sunnis, Saturday 22 for the majority of Shiites.…
The Wars of Religion in France, 1559-1610: the dark side of the Renaissance
This is perhaps the most serious crisis suffered by France under the Old Regime. From 1562 to 1598, no less than eight wars bloodied the country, leaving at the end…
the first shops closed for not respecting the veil
The Iranian police began, since Saturday, April 15, to apply the new measures to enforce the veil by women in the street and public places. With our correspondent in Tehran,…
the Ukrainians massively in the churches
The Orthodox world celebrates Easter this Sunday, April 16. Despite the vagaries of war and the curfew that prevented the holding of night processions, Ukrainians went massively to churches for…
the police take action to enforce the wearing of the Islamic veil
The Iranian police had announced the entry into force from Saturday April 15 of new measures to control the wearing of the veil and to oblige women to respect the…
two Muslim mobsters murdered in front of the cameras and the police in Uttar Pradesh
Shock scene in India where two former politicians, of the Muslim faith, were coldly shot to death in the state of Uttar Pradesh. They were going to be questioned by…
Listen to the sacred world – Listen to the world
How do the sacred sounds of the world resonate with each other? How do they fill the public space on a daily basis? From the evening chant at the al…