Tag: world religions
Religion in prison and secularism: the role of prison chaplains
Religion plays an important role in prison. It can represent for prisoners a space of calm, confidence, socialization, with visits linked to worship. For the State and the prison administration,…
The migration issue at the center of the Pope’s visit to Marseille
Pope Francis went to Marseille on September 22 and 23, 2023, at the initiative of Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, to close the Mediterranean Meetings to which 70 bishops…
African nuns and priests in France: “new missionaries”?
Priests “from elsewhere” as the Catholic Church describes them are numerous in France: they are estimated to be around 3,000, or 20% of all priests on French territory. Figures that…
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…
Migrants in the Pas-de-Calais: no respite for Christmas
On the northern coast of France, between Calais and Grande-Synthe, the winter cold is biting at this Christmas time. Hundreds of people in exile are surviving in inhumane conditions as…
The Great Mosque of Paris is 100 years old
The Great Mosque of Paris was built in the heart of the French capital as a tribute to the Muslim fighters of the First World War. The first stone was…
Meetings of Averroes: peace and wars between religions?
With the conflict in Ukraine, Europe seems to be rediscovering war. Wars that have multiplied on the other side of the Mediterranean. Between wars and peace, how is the relationship…
The Bible and its challenges
World Religions – Sunday, June 5, 2022 – 11:10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Paris time) (Rebroadcast from January 2, 2022) How were the texts of the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,…
Rediscover gratitude, discover the spirituality of everyday life
World Religions – Sunday, May 29, 2022 – 11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Paris time) How to live better in society, to overcome the challenges of existence, to fulfill oneself,…
Joe Biden’s Catholic America
World Religions – Sunday, February 13, 2022 – 10:10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Paris time) In his test Joe Biden, a Catholic facing America (Bayard), the Italian professor of History…