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.
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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.
Forced Conversion Law Rejected in Pakistan: Democracy’s Bitter Winter
The statute would have put a halt to the practice of kidnapping, converting to Islam, and marrying to Muslim men young Hindu and Christian girls.
Sexual Abuse and the Secret of Confession: A False Problem?
The French report raised the question: should the priests denounce sexual abuse they learned about in confession? They cannot. But it almost never happens.
Russia Sanctioned for Detaining a Scientologist
The European Court of Human Rights’ Kuropyatnik decision is a clear message to Russian authorities: stop persecuting Scientology.
Twenty Years After: Islam, Terrorism, and 9/11
The tragedy of September 11, 2001, changed forever how we reflect on “Islamic fundamentalism.” Twenty years after, a picture of the situation.
