Privileging the saisines (i.e., reports by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”) may only lead to biased conclusions.
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Sinking to a Lower Level: Machine-Translated Chinese Attacks Against Bitter Winter
CCP fellow traveler Roland Delcourt translates a Chinese text with ridiculous results.
The Strange War of the Albanian-Udi Christians
The ancient Christian community is both manipulated by Azerbaijan for anti-Armenian and anti-Georgian purposes and misunderstood by Armenians.
Canada’s Indian Residential Schools: Apologies Yes, Burning Churches No
Yes, Christian churches should apologize for what happened in Indian Residential Schools. No, destroying places of worship is not an acceptable reaction.
Vatican vs Italy on New Homophobia Bill: Why It’s a Religious Liberty Issue
The Vatican claims the new law would breach the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See. It is not about LGBT rights, it is about freedom of religion or belief
France: “All the World Envies Us for the MIVILUDES”
The revamped anti-cult mission tries again to export its defamation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious organizations internationally.
Why the Indiana Payne-Elliott Decision Is Good for Religious Liberty
The court sided with a Catholic high school that fired a teacher who entered into a same-sex marriage. It is about freedom of religion, not LGBT rights.
United States: Will the Anti-Catholic “Blaine Amendments” Go?
Lawsuits attack provisions preventing states from directly funding religious and private schools, created against Catholics in the 19th century.
More Money to MIVILUDES: The French “Mind Police” Is Back
The governmental anti-cult mission that his former member, sociologist Olivier Bobineau, denounced as a “police des esprits” will receive € 1 million per year.
Religious Liberty and US Foreign Policy: No Longer the Guiding Principle?
Freedom of religion has been recently placed by the U.S. at the top place in a hierarchy of human rights. This will change, announced Secretary Blinken.