U.N. and Congolese Troops Struggle to Halt Lightning Rebel Attack
Aid workers estimate as many as 300,000 people are fleeing advances by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group, which has taken ...
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Why African Governments Are Seeking To Repeal Tax Exemptions For Churches
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced that starting this month, churches in the country would be expected to pay ...
Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation
When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to eastern Congo, he knew the risks of resisting corruption ...
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Clergy should practice what they preach
Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) confirmed the arrest of a Bishop of the Anglican Church over embezzlement allegations. This comes just days after the National Prayer Breakfast where President Paul ...
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Kagame Urges Churches to Maintain Order and Compliance
President Paul Kagame stated that while churches and religious institutions may reopen, the disorder previously observed must be eliminated. During an interview with journalists, he emphasized that ...
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Residents and officials say rebels have seized 2 key towns in eastern Congo
The M23 is one of over 100 armed groups that have been vying for territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a conflict that has created one of the world’s largest ...
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Does religion lead to more or less perfectionism?
5:48), these attitudes can seem hard to argue with. Even many members today seem to take for granted that religious people struggle more often with crippling perfectionism. Yet at that time, there had ...
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Fewer Christians, more ‘nones’: Congress’ new religious breakdown
Read my story on Curtis here. As a growing share of U.S. adults turns away from religion, Christianity is still thriving in one American institution: the U.S. Congress. Members of the 119th Congress ...
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India among 25 nations with high religious restrictions: Data
On an index measuring religion-related hostilities for 2022, India scored the highest among 198 nations, according to a report recently published by the Pew Research Center. A higher score on the ...
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At the Intersection of A.I. and Spirituality
Modern religious leaders are experimenting with A.I. just as earlier generations examined radio, television and the internet. Rabbi Josh Fixler at Congregation Emanu El in Houston worked with a ...
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Faith on the Hill
Every two years, Pew Research Center publishes a report on the religious affiliation of members of the incoming Congress. This report is the ninth in the series, which started with the 111th Congress ...