A very important book critically addresses proposals that statutes protecting the confidentiality of religious confession should be abolished.
Massimo Introvigne
Peng Liyuan: Xi Jinping’s Wife Cannot Continue as UNESCO’s Special Envoy
Protests followed the scandal of a mother of eight children found chained in Jiangsu, another victim of human trafficking. But there is much more.
European Court of Human Rights: Russia Sentenced for Mistreating Jehovah’s Witnesses
In two judgments rendered on February 22, the Strasbourg judges decided that the human rights of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses had been violated.
The Christian Hardy Boys
The earlier stories of the popular detective series were written by a secular humanist. But the Stratemeyer Syndicate made them into a Christian answer to “bad” dime novels.
Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy and Laypersons in France: How Many Victims?
The number of 300,000+ mentioned in a 2021 report, now seems uncertain and is hotly debated. But the problems for the Catholic Church remains huge.
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 5. Pourquoi certains deviennent apostats
Les anciens membres qui deviennent apostats « apprennent » souvent leurs rôles grâce aux mouvements antisectes.
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 4. Tous les anciens membres ne sont pas des apostats
Malheureusement les médias confondent souvent deux catégories de personnes bien distinctes : les anciens membres d’organisations religieuses et les apostats. La plupart des anciens membres ne sont pas des apostats.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: Putin Is “Destroying the Basic Principles of Peace”
Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk calls the Russian actions “a new wave of armed aggression.”
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 3. Désaffiliation et récits d’emprisonnement
Une différence considérable existe entre l’approche universitaire de la désaffiliation et les affabulations des mouvements antisecte, qui ne sont pas sans rappeler les fables de jeunes filles blanches enlevées par des Amérindiens.
Donetsk and Luhansk: Pseudo-States Denying Religious Liberty
The state protection of the Russian Orthodox Church monopoly and the repression of the minorities are among the most brutal in the world.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.