NEWS OF THE WEEK
This coming week, Hindus celebrate their New Year (April 8). For many Hindus in India, there is a rare opportunity for worship this year. In Western India, dozens of temples submerged in the Godavari River have resurfaced because of a … More
Religious groups strongly condemned this week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. Pope Francis urged people to “persevere in prayer.” Francis also asked for the conversion of those blinded by “cruel fundamentalism.” A Muslim umbrella group in Belgium also condemned what it … More
In the wake of the Brussels bombings, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz provoked controversy by advocating increased surveillance in Muslim neighborhoods. Muslims across the country, and groups including the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, condemned Cruz’s … More
The Brussels attacks have added fuel to the already simmering debate about the migrant crisis in Europe. Tensions continue to rise in many border areas especially in Greece, where thousands of migrants have been stranded because of border closures. This … More
This Holy Week for Western Christians, Pope Francis has put special focus on the plight of refugees. On Palm Sunday, he urged the world not to be indifferent to the desperate situations that many refugees face. In the traditional Holy … More
During his visit to Cuba this past week, President Obama thanked religious leaders, including Pope Francis, for the part they played in urging normalized relations between the US and Cuba. In his speech, broadcast live throughout the island, Obama emphasized … More
A United Nations international criminal court this week convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and crimes against humanity. The atrocities were committed during the Bosnian war in the early l990s. Among the killings was the 1995 massacre … More
This week, Israel revealed a successful covert operation to rescue 19 Jews from war-torn Yemen. The Yemeni Jews received a warm welcome inside Israel. They brought with them a 500-year-old Torah scroll. Jews have lived in predominantly Muslim Yemen for … More
Faith groups are praising the US State Department for designating ISIS atrocities against religious minorities as genocide. Secretary of State John Kerry this week said he has determined that ISIS—or Daesh, as it’s also known—has specifically perpetrated genocide against Christians, … More
This week marked the fifth anniversary of the Syrian conflict which has killed more than a quarter of a million people and displaced half of the country’s pre-war population. As a new round of peace talks got underway, humanitarian leaders … More
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