Global religious leaders advocate Middle Path for peace, harmony

Religious and national leaders, along with scholars, emphasised the teachings of non-violence and conflict avoidance—rooted in Buddhism and Hinduism—during last week’s global religious conference in Thailand, highlighting them as essential pathways to …

Mexico: Countering violence in neighborhoods through service MEXICO CITY, February 16, 2025 Discussions explore how ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Bahá’í Office of External Affairs has been contributing to a series of discussion forums with diverse voices from government, academia, faith communities, and civil society to explore how recognizing the spiritual nature of human …

Christian families in Pakistan return to burnt-out homes after religious violence

Religious quotes and news – February 16, 2025

Medical care and prayer Fr Jean de Dieu Belembaongo, explained in La Croix International the significance of the World Day of the Sick, celebrated February 11: “Both medical care and prayer should be embraced together – never one without the other. It is …

Perspective: More LGBT-identifying people are religious than you might expect

When people think of a gay man, they often have an image of a coffee-drinking, well-dressed urbanite with a graduate degree who has never darkened the doorway of a church since he came out to his conservative, religious Midwest parents years ago. Like any …

Violence in Munich: Union and SPD draw different teachings from attack

According to the acts of violence in Munich and Aschaffenburg, SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich sees deficits in the administration’s actions. It is “questionable whether tougher laws would have prevented this – or not more of a state that …

Religious Freedom

Shri. Sita Ram Goel ji (Adapted from a speech before a Seminar on Religious Freedom, held on July 11, 1978, in New Delhi, at the request of eighty-five Unitarian Christians from the U.S.A. and Europe on a visit to India. The author was requested to present …

New Project To Tackle Gender-Based Violence In Saint Lucia

The Saint Lucia Planned Parenthood Association (SLPPA) has announced a new French Embassy-funded project to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Saint Lucia. Unite Caribbean is collaborating with the SLPPA on the project implementation. According to the …

Auto-stop: Munich driver in custody-Islamist acts of violence?

After the attack on a group of demonstrators in Munich, the driver is in custody. An investigative judge ordered this, among other things, about the urgent suspicion of 39 times attempted murder, as the Munich General Prosecutor’s Office announced. The …

As Modi visits Trump, Christians raise concerns about religious freedom in India

The 19th century Methodist Church of Ranikhet, Uttarakhand.(Photo: Getty/iStock) As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the US, concerns have been raised about anti-Christian hate crimes in the world's most populous democracy. International …