Vatican launches new web portal to increase PR capacity

The Vatican City State governate has opened a new internet portal, to meet the needs of the ever-increasing numbers of pilgrims and tourists, and to respond to what it calls “the continuous requests for information reaching the various offices of Vatican State...

Malyasia concern about government and freedom of belief

Malaysian Christians have expressed fresh worries that the government may be infringing their religious freedom, after the country’s deputy prime minister described Malaysia as “an Islamic state” – writes Michele Green from Singapore. The...

Malyasia concern about government and freedom of belief

Malaysian Christians have expressed fresh worries that the government may be infringing their religious freedom, after the country’s deputy prime minister described Malaysia as “an Islamic state” – writes Michele Green from Singapore. The...

Re-evangelizing the religion of death

The cult of death in certain aggressively angry contemporary religious movements is, to put it mildly, hugely disturbing. Terrifying, more like. The ideology of the Islamic ‘martyrdom operative’ or the Christian ‘crusader’ (for example) often seems beyond human...

Re-evangelizing the religion of death

The cult of death in certain aggressively angry contemporary religious movements is, to put it mildly, hugely disturbing. Terrifying, more like. The ideology of the Islamic ‘martyrdom operative’ or the Christian ‘crusader’ (for example) often seems beyond human...