Russia added to State Department list of worst religious liberty violators
RNS The US State Department has added Russia to its list of nations it considers among the world’s most egregious violators of religious freedom. Russia joins Myanmar (referred to as Burma on the list), China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on the list of “countries of particular concern.” Nigeria, which was […]
Defence in Vatican financial trial demands to see Pope’s testimony
Vatican CityRNS Lawyers defending those accused of defrauding the Vatican in a $US400 million real estate investment asked judges on Wednesday to release written transcripts of Pope Francis’ statements on the deal, alleging that prosecutors’ use of the pontiff’s statements may have influenced another witness in the case. From the start of the trial in […]
Downsizing: Why the minichurch is the latest trend in American religion
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, looks at churches that are embracing the small…
New Revised Standard Version Bible updated with consideration for ‘modern sensibilities’
RNS An updated edition of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible includes thousands of changes in language, reflecting the research of a wide range of scholars who spent four years reviewing its contents as well as taking into consideration “modern sensibilities”. A verse in the New Testament Book of Galatians that previously referred […]
Essay: Destroyed Russian satellite creates yet more space debris to threaten the International Space Station
PIERRE OMALY, an expert in space debris at the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the growing issue of debris in space…