Tag: Religion
China’s head of religious affairs office removed, investigated
Cui is reportedly under investigation for committing “serious disciplinary infractions and breaking state laws”
Pope Francis meets Buddhists from Taiwan, says religions play role in...
Pope Francis said religions are called to foster fraternity by promoting a “culture of encounter,” especially among the young
Faith and religions in globalized megacities
Popular imagination has ambivalent notions of the divine presence in urban and cosmopolitan contexts
Wealthy Indian girl renounces fortune, enters strict religious order
The child is one of the youngest people to have taken the "diksha" ceremony to abandon their material possessions and enter the Jain monkhood
Philippine gov’t hit for using religion to justify non-passage of laws...
“The government cannot use the Catholic religion to oppose the passage of laws protecting and affirming the rights of LGBTQIA+ people"
India at 75: Hindu faith bottled and home-delivered
Since winning elections in 2014, Modi has put Hinduism front and center of his government in the officially secular nation of 1.4 billion
‘Vegetarian’ temple crocodile mourned in India
The revered reptile was found floating lifeless in the lake early on Monday after reportedly being off its food for several days
Pope Francis warns against use of religion as prop for power
"May we never allow the sacred to be exploited by the profane. The sacred must never be a prop for power, nor power a prop for the sacred."
China remodels major mosque in Beijing to remove Middle Eastern influence
Photos of the Doudian Mosque, the largest in northern China, show it covered in scaffolding
India ruling party lawmaker arrested for Prophet comments
Raja Singh's words sparked outrage in the city of Hyderabad, where hundreds of people gathered to demand the politician be taken into custody