The Roman pomerium
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The name ‘Mormon’: Why all the fuss, and why now?
8 votes -
Pakistan’s ultra-Islamist party blocked roads in major cities for a third day on Friday in protest against the acquittal of a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy allegations
8 votes -
Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court
39 votes -
Anti-semitisim comes to a city of tolerance
13 votes -
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves at least four dead, official says
34 votes -
Why are Americans still uncomfortable with atheism?
18 votes -
What Maniac does (and doesn't) get right about the Bible and the Gnostics
5 votes -
Sydney Anglicans to ban same-sex marriage, yoga on all church property
3 votes -
One man’s (very polite) fight against media Islamophobia
5 votes -
Premier of Québec, François Legault, says crucifix 'not religious symbol'
11 votes -
Catholic Church has lost more members than any other religion in the US
15 votes -
Turning her Baha’i faith into precedent, lawyer helps women gain asylum
4 votes -
Considering interfaith relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims: an interview with Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.
2 votes -
Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide.
Original article in 'The Telegraph': Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide. Same article syndicated in 'The Age': Why Western Christianity has a death...
Original article in 'The Telegraph': Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide.
Same article syndicated in 'The Age': Why Western Christianity has a death wish. (in case the paywall on the Telegraph article blocks you)
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Religious Beliefs-Rational or Irrational?
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Australia's Catholic priests are pushing for optional celibacy, married priests, with a plan to take the issues to the Vatican
11 votes -
Why Tibetan Buddhism is facing up to its own abuse scandal
9 votes -
What drives the priest behind those controversial church signs: Father Rod Bower is famous for the thought-provoking signs outside his church at Gosford, on the New South Wales Central Coast.
7 votes -
Jehovah’s Witness girl could receive blood against her will during childbirth
8 votes -
A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
37 votes -
Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs?
9 votes -
Pastafarianism is not a religion, Dutch court rules: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster follower denied right to wear colander in ID photos.
13 votes -
Robert McKim on religious diversity
Robert McKim on Religious Diversity – Part 1 Robert McKim on Religious Diversity – Part 2 Robert McKim on Religious Diversity – Part 3
3 votes -
Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion
6 votes -
Boris Johnson's burka jibe: Why do some Muslim women wear the veil?
4 votes -
Fighting for Judaism in the Jewish State
8 votes -
Christianity spread faster in small, politically structured societies
The study published in Nature.com: Christianity spread faster in small, politically structured societies An article about the study: How did Christianity spread?
5 votes -
Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is 'inadmissible'
Current news: Catholic News Service: Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is 'inadmissible' British Broadcasting Corporation: Pope Francis declares death penalty inadmissible in all cases...
Current news:
Catholic News Service: Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is 'inadmissible'
British Broadcasting Corporation: Pope Francis declares death penalty inadmissible in all cases
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Pope Francis changes teachings to oppose death penalty in all cases
New York Times: Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible in All Cases
The lead-up:
CNN (3 years ago): Death penalty showdown: The Pope vs. the Supreme Court
America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture
(1 year ago): Pope Francis: The death penalty is contrary to the Gospel
And... a contrary opinion from The Catholic World Report one year ago: Why the Church Cannot Reverse Past Teaching on Capital Punishment
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What is the Muslim world?
4 votes -
Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests
10 votes -
Pope accepts resignation of archbishop Philip Wilson
4 votes -
Let's revive the Golden Rule
5 votes -
Fifty years later, scientist’s finding on birth control still challenges Catholic teaching
2 votes -
The secret history of Leviticus
3 votes -
Little upside for Malcolm Turnbull in debate over religious freedom
2 votes -
Archbishop Philip Wilson’s closest bishop colleagues have advised him to resign following his jail sentence on Tuesday
4 votes -
Voltaire and the Buddha: How the French Enlightenment thinker prefigured an approach now familiar in the West
5 votes -
Priests won't comply with law: SA church
8 votes -
South Australia to compel priests to report abuse revealed in confession
5 votes -
Attorney-General backs laws forcing Australian priests to break confession over child abuse
4 votes -
Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams
6 votes -
Denmark bans the burqa and niqab
15 votes -
The Mud Mosque Of Mali: As militant attacks get closer, the Malian town of Djenné defiantly continues its annual tradition of replastering its ancient mud mosque
5 votes -
New law requires crosses in all public buildings in German state of Bavaria
9 votes -
After the Rev. Moon died in 2012, his church split apart. Two of his sons established a new congregation. Their followers are eagerly awaiting the end times. And they are armed.
5 votes -
Mormon Church breaks all ties with Boy Scouts, ending 100-year relationship
5 votes -
Humanism on the Hill—Jared Huffman and the Congressional Freethought Caucus
3 votes