Tag: Religion
the conscription of the ultra-orthodox deeply divides the country
Political crisis in Israel over the conscription of ultra-Orthodox students. The law on their exemption from military service expires this Sunday, March 31 in the evening without any solution having…
Easter celebrations tarnished by the situation in Gaza and the south of the country
In Lebanon as in the Palestinian Territories, Catholics celebrate Easter this Sunday, March 31, 2024. For the Orthodox, the ceremonies will take place on May 5. But the biggest Christian…
a store targeted by a Molotov cocktail after the sale of socks stamped “Allah”
On March 26, the managers of a chain of stores were charged with “offending religious feelings” after putting on sale socks with “Allah” written on them. On Saturday, a Molotov…
Faith and research, do they go together? Science and religion through the centuries in the Catharijneconvent
On one of the walls hangs a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, made especially for the exhibition. Henrietta was an African-American woman who died in 1951 from cervical cancer. A few…
the former bishop of Bruges reduced to secular status by Pope Francis
Roger Vangheluwe, accused of pedophilia, had lived in seclusion since 2010 in a French abbey. New facts were transmitted to Rome leading the pope to grant the request of the…
Fasting, religion, scientific truths… Dr Frédéric Saldmann responds to criticism – L’Express
In front of him, salted almonds, warm chamomile and a weekly newspaper. “I would never have had so much exposure without that,” says Frédéric Saldmann, the most popular cardiologist in…
racist crimes and offenses increased by 32% in 2023
In France, 8,500 crimes and offenses of a racist, xenophobic or anti-religious nature were recorded by the Ministry of the Interior in 2023. A report made public this Wednesday March…
Faced with the president of Crif, Emmanuel Macron believes that France will be intractable on anti-Semitism
In the midst of an upsurge in anti-Semitic acts in France since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 – we saw a 4-fold increase in these acts between…
community kitchens to help each other during Ramadan
In Sudan, the war which began on April 15, 2023 “ could create the world’s largest hunger crisis » alerted the World Food Program (WFP) in early March. In Khartoum,…
report advocates “restorative repair”
The independent national body for recognition and reparation (Inirr) of victims of sexual violence in the Church published its annual report this Thursday, March 14 in France. Some 1,408 people…