Tag: Religion
Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan over ‘blasphemous content’
The online participatory encyclopedia Wikipedia has been blocked in Pakistan due to a “ blasphemous content “, announced, Saturday, February 4, the Pakistani Telecommunications Authority (PTA), while the issue of…
nearly a thousand religious gathered to listen to Pope Francis
Arrived on Friday, February 3, in Juba, Pope Francis continues his visit to South Sudan. He is in the capital of the youngest country in the world until Sunday for…
“Christian churches have always worked together”
The Pope is making his first visit to South Sudan, a predominantly Christian country torn by years of conflict. Francis is accompanied there by Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the…
In South Sudan, Pope invites leaders to embark on ‘the tortuous path’ of peace
After his visit to the DRC, Pope Francis arrived this Friday in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Together with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the moderator of the Church…
Presbyterian Church condemns ‘inhuman’ act
In Cameroon, the death of journalist Martinez Zogo, whose mutilated body was found on January 22, continues to cause turmoil. On Monday, the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon strongly condemned “…
sharp tensions within the Orthodox Church
In Ethiopia, a group of three archbishops and 25 bishops were excommunicated by the synod, the central religious authority. They had tried to install priests in the Oromo language without…
in Kinshasa, Pope Francis denounces the “economic colonialism” which “is unleashed” in Africa
Pope Francis landed on Tuesday, January 31 in the early afternoon, at Kinshasa airport, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The pontiff is in the country for a four-day visit,…
the crusade of the “Evangelicals to conquer the world”
The Biarritz International Documentary Film Festival (Fipadoc) has selected series for the first time for its demanding programming. A relevant choice allowing to understand in depth historical and political the…
Repression, religion and subsidies: Erdogan’s plan to win the presidential election
The countdown has begun for the most important election of 2023. During a speech last Wednesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan released the fateful date of the presidential election in Turkey: it…
Marseille, interreligious dialogue anchored in the neighborhoods
Religions of the World takes you to Marseille, a city of more than 800,000 inhabitants open to the Mediterranean and to the world, where all nationalities and faiths meet, a…