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Here’s how European countries are limiting Covid spread
A face mask left in Roemerberg square, that is usually crowded by tourists, in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Coronavirus cases in Europe: As the global coronavirus caseload crossed the 30 million mark and the …
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Is Tzom Gedaliah Canceled for 2020? — Pros and Cons
… over. Judaism is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion, dating … back nearly 4,000 years. Followers of Judaism … healthy or fragile. Although religion should promote good health, … However, in 1849, in Eastern Europe, nobody knew how the disease …
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Polish bishops intervene in debate over European treaty on violence against women
CNA Staff, Sep 18, 2020 / 03:30 am MT (CNA).- Poland’s bishops have intervened in a debate over whether their country should withdraw from a European treaty on preventing violence against women. In a statement issued Sept. 17, the bishops reiterated their opposition to the Istanbul Convention, an initiative seeking to create a pan-European legal…
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From their blond locks to their brutality, new research claims we’ve got the Vikings all wrong
… from burial sites across Europe. Among the most striking … inherited genes from both Southern Europe and Asia so, far … advantage of embracing a religion which suggested that those … However, the Viking version of Christianity was characteristically violent. ‘It …
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Arab Muslim Philosopher Fights Against Islamic Fundamentalism
… Tibi’s thinking in Islamic rationalism. Bloch wrote about … new Arab Enlightenment. Instead, religious extremists rose to positions … I coined the term Euro Islam, European Islam.’ Using the language of … the greatest philosopher of Europe?’ In fact, he says …
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Caritas official: After refugee camp fire, Lesbos locals patrol streets
… several suspected arsonists. The European Union said member states had … how Moria was shaming Europe, and no one would … EU and Greek government to do something,” Alverti said. “As a Catholic … facilities in Greece and around Europe stopped. In August, Caritas …
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Kazakhstan in a new geopolitical reality: Time for action and joint ambitions with the EU
… mirrored in major EU policies such as the European Green Deal. … Republic of Kazakhstan to the European Union. President Tokayev’s … only as a bridge between Europe and Asia, but also … Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The latest announcements of …
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No easy solutions: a response to Weigel’s critique of the Vatican-China deal
… Ostpolitik in Central and Eastern Europe during the 1960s and … the Catholic Church in Europe, the historical cradle of Christianity, while … European communist regimes. In Xi’s China today, religion … or Our Lady, Help of Christians in Shanghai, China (CNS…
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Latest “Bahá’í World” essays delve into economic justice, racial unity, community building
BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTRE — Earlier today, The Bahá’í World website published three new articles on themes highly relevant to the well-being and progress of humanity. The essay “Community and Collective Action” describes the hopeful efforts of groups of people around the world to build a new kind of community based on the oneness of humankind…
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Fair Weather, a Prosperous Wind, But it Didn’t Stay That Way for America’s Pilgrim Fathers
… trade off the coasts of western Europe. Only one passenger, Stephen Hopkins … . Motivated by religion Around half of the passengers were English Protestant Separatists … sympathetic to the Saints’ religious goals, but most were not …