Attacks against temples and murders of devotees are not the products of local mobs only. Some political forces believe they can benefit from them.
Hare Krishna (ISKCON) in Bangladesh: Why Violence Continues
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Pope Francis and Ukraine: Did He Say Enough?
Finally last Sunday the Pope used the word “aggression,” but still without naming Russia. For some it is too little too late. Why is he so cautious?
Ukraine: Why the Moscow Patriarch Supports Putin’s War
Kirill’s “terrible sermon” of March 6, where he justified the invasion as preventing “Gay Prides,” comes from a dangerous apocalyptic theology.
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.
Norway: An Unfair Decision Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
On January 27, the County Governor denied to the Witnesses state subsidies they have received for thirty years, creating a danger for all religions.
The Päivi Räsänen Case in Finland: Another View
The trial of the former Minister of the Interior for homophobia is presented as a clash between Christians and secularists. But it is also an inter-Christian conflict.
The Roman Catholic Church and Pedophilia: The Story Never Ends
An editorial by our editor-in-chief for the Italian daily newspaper Il Mattino (January 21), after the German report accusing then-Archbishop Ratzinger.
500 “Cults,” 500,000 “Victims” in France? MIVILUDES Admits It Has No Recent Data
The French governmental mission now confesses it relied on decade-old (and controversial) figures.
Mumbai 2008 Remembered: God and the Misdeeds of Some of His Self-Styled Devotees
“Martyrdom” is a strictly religious concept, but it can also be used figuratively. The victims of the Mumbai 2008 terrorist attacks were, in their own way, “martyrs.”
Russia Hit By European Court for Discriminating Krishnas, Unification Church
Groups cannot be singled out as “cults” and discriminated through anti-cult propaganda or by using administrative tools, the judges said.