KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — The need for quality journalism and media ethics is increasingly high, experts underlined at the academic conference “Media for Man” organized by Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. “At this point, it is a matter of people’s security,” the organizers said. “I’m both thrilled and terrified with […] The post Religious freedom among values threatened by world media, experts say at conference first appeared on OSV News.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed the right of a Catholic school to employ only teachers who live according to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church. In a unanimous judgment, the court affirmed that the Diocese of Charlotte was well within its rights to fire Lonnie Billard, a former English and […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO), the health agency of the United Nations, is drafting a number of new documents which aim to radically change…What to read next: WA: democratic freedoms for religious schools under attack | We need a Restoration of Freedoms Bill, not religious freedom legislation | We and the ABS will not be fooled again! | The balance of probabilities
Freedom can be deceiving. When you drive through the countryside and see a horse standing unrestrained in a field, does it seem free?
“We, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan, have been living in this land for about 2500 years. During this period, the people of Azerbaijan have embraced us and protected us from dangers.
The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples.
The Beehive State has the largest share of religious adherents out of every other state in the nation, according to new research from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah.
Photojournalist Joseph Rushmore was violently arrested while covering a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin. His case is one of many press freedom violations documented by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker related to campus protests in recent days. Courtesy of Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune. Press freedom violations have soared in recent weeks, as a nationwide protest movement over the Israel-Gaza war has spread across...
The Vatican on Friday radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have long punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated.
President Akufo-Addo has underscored his government's unwavering support for a free and independent press in the country.
Last year, 42% of the Dutch considered themselves to be members of a religious community, down from 53% 10 years ago, national statistics agency CBS said on Friday. The decline is largely under Catholics. In 2013, 26% of the population said they were Catholic, but that has now fallen to 17%. The number of people who are members of one of the variety of Protestant churches in the Netherlands fell from 16% to 13% over the same period. The number
Schools across the country are struggling to get students to show up reliably. The best estimates suggest more than 1 in 4 American students are Read More