Category: Religion

Wed 25 January 2023: Pope Francis has criticised laws that criminalise homosexuality as “unjust”, saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an interview on Tuesday with The Associated […]

Mon 23 January 2023: The government of Canada has announced that it will pay more than $2 billion to hundreds of Indigenous communities to resolve a lawsuit seeking damages for the loss of language and culture brought on by residential schools. A settlement of 2.8 billion Canadian dollars ($2.1 billion US) was reached in the […]

Sat 21 January 2023: A second charge alleging sexual misconduct by a Roman Catholic Cardinal has surfaced, the Canadian Press reported Friday. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, former archbishop of the Quebec City diocese in Canada and now head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office, was accused but the charge had not been publicly disclosed. But a letter dated June 23, 2021 and sent to the […]

Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the US has said it is reviewing its actions Thu 19 January 2023: A professor in the United States has announced plans to sue a Minnesota university following a row over her showing a painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad during a lesson on Islamic art. Hamline University, a […]

Mon 16 January 2023: In anticipation of his upcoming visit to the continent later this month, Pope Francis has condemned the exploitation of Africa and its people. “This idea that Africa exists to be exploited is the greatest injustice,” the pope said. “But it is in the collective subconscious of many people and this must […]