An attorney has been told he would not be allowed to enter courts if he does not renounce his faith. Four are accused as usual of having burned pages of the Quran.
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A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 5. Act Four: The Restoration of Hope
Although deconstructed by ideologies, hope is not lost. It is a perennial possibility, even in the midst of the most horrible persecutions.
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 4. Act Three: The Attack Against Hope
By divorcing Biblical faith from Greek reason, Luther, Kant, and Marx destroyed the roots of the Christian concept of hope.
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 3. Act Two: The Definition of Hope
Faith and hope are closely related. To understand hope, the German Pope argued, we should look at the definition of faith in the “Epistle to the Hebrews.”
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 2. Act I: The Birth of Hope
When was hope born? In “Spe salvi” the German Pope discusses the “scandalous” claim in the “Epistle to the Ephesians” that before Jesus hope did not exist.
A Summer Reading, Benedict XVI and Hope. 1. A Dialogue with Ernst Bloch and Greek Philosophy
Hope is the main resource religions provide, and one unfortunately becoming scarce. A proposal: reading again “Spe salvi,” the 2007 treatise on hope by the German Pope.
U.S. Ninth Circuit: State Should Not Deny Grants to Organizations That Hire Christians Only
Youth 71Five Ministries is a Christian organization that serves at-risk youth of all faiths. Oregon tried to withdraw $410,000 grants citing discrimination.
A Website Continues the Experience of the Buenos Aires Religious Liberty Conference 2024
All speeches are now available through videos in both English and Spanish.
Constitutional Court of Colombia: Religious Liberty Includes the Right to a Religious Funeral
A mother detained in a maximum-security jail still had the right to organize a Catholic funeral for her son, which the state should have subsidized since she had no money for it, the Court said.
A Crucial International Religious Freedom Conference in Tokyo: The First Time in Japan
Even democracies are not always a safe harbor for religious groups. The case of Japan, whose relationship with faiths is complex and sometimes puzzling, shows it all too well.