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Archbishop of Canterbury: “The freedom to worship without fear is a right we cherish as a nation and was won at great human cost over many years.”
Anger continues to grow over what is seen as inaction on the part of the Egyptian government after a bombing yesterday morning at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo. This is the second major attack to have occurred in Cairo in three days, after an explosion at a security checkpoint killed six police officers on Friday.
“The Catholic Church cannot take weapons other than those of prayer and brotherhood among men.” The Archbishop of Rouen responds to a murder and hostage-taking at Mass in northern France this morning.
In more news related to Republican Presidential hopefuls making statements seen by many as bigoted, racist and ungrounded in fact, the Twitterverse has responded to
Peace for Paris image by artist Jean Jullien In his Loose canon column for the Guardian, Dr. Giles Fraser opines that the narrative of radicalization is a
NPR reports that Niloy Chakrabati Neel, a blogger who advocated for a secular society and criticized Islamic extremists, was murdered by members of Ansar-al-Islam, a group US
The Episcopal News Service has just published a story on the challenges and resilience of Christians, a persecuted minority in Pakistan – just 1.5 percent
Emma Barnett writes that we need to stop pitying the young women joining the Islamic State. From the Telegraphy: And yet people insist upon dismissing
Brother Karekin M Yarian, BSG, an Episcopal friar in San Francisco, has written a Facebook post on his complex feelings about Charlie Hebdo and the public response to the terrorist attacks in France.
His Facebook blog, written under the name PunkMonk, expresses sympathy for the victims of these attacks, but simultaneously explains why he can’t identify with the solidarity message of “Je suis Charlie”.
UPDATE 2: A second statement from Bishop Whalon – see below. UPDATE: The Archbishop of Canterbury has a statement – see below. Terrorists attacked the
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