Tag: Religion
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Francis
Pope Francis appointed this Tuesday, April 26 a new archbishop at the head of the diocese of Paris. This is Mgr Laurent Ulrich, current Archbishop of Lille. The French capital…
in Dnipro, no truce for Orthodox Easter
A week after the Catholics, the Orthodox celebrate Easter this Sunday, April 24. In Ukraine, no truce has been decreed for the occasion, for lack of dialogue between Moscow and…
the esplanade of the Mosques closed to Jews during the last days of Ramadan
Again on Wednesday, April 20, Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and sound grenades at Palestinians entrenched in the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, the part of the city occupied and…
in Durban, Easter prayers are for flood victims
Christians prayed for the victims of the floods that killed nearly 400 people in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the country’s east coast. In the press, this Sunday morning, the…
[EN IMAGES] Three years ago to the day, Notre-Dame cathedral was on fire
On April 15, 2019, a gigantic fire ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris. A brazier to which the roof, but also part of the vault, the clock and…
The mosque of Pessac in the sights of justice
Report France The future of the Pessac mosque, just next to Bordeaux (south-west), is being played out this Wednesday before the Council of State. Almost a month ago, the Gironde…
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett no longer has a majority in the Knesset
The Israeli government loses its parliamentary majority after the defection of a deputy over a subject related to religion. Other parliamentarians could also defect, causing the fall of the most…
the Koran translated into African languages to be more accessible to the faithful
To make the Koran accessible to the greatest number, it must be translated into the languages of believers. This is already the case in Senegal and now also in Guinea.…
the Catholic Church calls on priests who are fathers of families to renounce their religious functions
The celibacy of Catholic priests is debated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A document from the CENCO Episcopal Conference has leaked to the press. Signed by all the bishops…
A Ramadan that starts in a very tense climate in East Jerusalem
Ramadan, the month of fasting, prayer and sharing for Muslims, began this Saturday, April 2. And in East Jerusalem or in the Palestinian Territories, it is the first Ramadan without…