Sean Rowe, a bishop from western Pennsylvania, is elected to nine-year term as leader of the Episcopal Church
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Sean Rowe, a bishop from western Pennsylvania, is elected to nine-year term as leader of the Episcopal Church.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Sean Rowe, a bishop from western Pennsylvania, is elected to nine-year term as leader of the Episcopal Church.
Almost a decade ago, the mayor of Tower Hamlets was sensationally removed from office after an electoral court found him guilty of a string of “corrupt and illegal practices” including ballot rigging, bribery and buying votes.
Israel’s close relationship with Christian Zionists could ultimately be a devil’s bargain.
The Catholic Church is under pressure to remove hundreds of mosaics by a priest who is a world-renowned artist following a request Friday by five women who have accused of him sexual assault.It also alleged that Rupnik had sexually assaulted at least one nun while some of the mosaics were being assembled, while other nuns claimed to have been assaulted while modelling for the priest.
Gateway founder Robert Morris allegedly told survivor Cindy Clemishire in 2005 to ‘put a price on it’
I never much liked seeing the keffiyeh worn casually as a fashion statement. But since October 7, the cotton scarf – most closely associated in modern times with Yasser Arafat, terrorist Leila Khaled and the violent Palestinian “resistance movement” – has really come into its own. It now plainly seems to be just a symbol of the desire for Hamas to continue its “resistance” against Israel. When I see a keffiyeh now, I see an anti-Semitic blood libel – whereas before I left room for doubt.
Something strange happened in 2022 when archaeologists dug at the site of a convent in Liège where English nuns had lived from 1656 until driven out in 1794. One find was a gold ring from the late 17th century. It bore a double-barred cross, the emblem of these Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre from their 15th-century foundation.
A church in Newport is set to open its doors this weekend after working hard to repair damage from a devastating fire, six years ago.
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments around the United States is a condensed version of the Scripture passage in Exodus containing the commandments. It has ties to “The Ten Commandments” movie from 1956, and it’s a variation of a version commonly associated with Protestants.
STORY: French Jews Maury and Alain Fischler feel trapped between extremes.France is rushing into a snap election with the far right ahead in the polls, followed by a left-wing bloc they say harbors antisemites.The anti-immigrant National Rally or RN is the frontrunner to form France's next government.RN leader Marine Le Pen has taken a strongly pro-Israel stance over the Gaza conflict and joined a protest against anti-Semitism in Paris. For Alain Fischler, the son of a Holocaust survivor, that's a cynical ploy. The RN are courting Jews as cover for stigmatizing Muslims, he says.Le Pen seeks to present the party as an ally of French Jews.:: May 1, 2015She took the reins from her father, party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was convicted of inciting racial hatred for calling the gas chambers used to kill Jews in the Holocaust "a detail" of World War Two history.Her efforts have won over some French Jews.Like this representative - and RN supporter - from the movement of Jewish students of France at a recent protest. "I know these people's history but you know, it evolves. Political parties evolve. I am aware that 40 years ago they (the National Rally) were anti-Semitic. Don't worry, I agree with you. Today, it's no longer the same. We're in a different era, so I'm telling you, you have to vote for them."Currently second place in the polls is a leftist coalition, the New Popular Front.It includes France Unbowed or LFI, a hard-left party that opponents say has repeatedly crossed the line between criticising Israel's military in Gaza and antisemitism, which it denies.:: Jean-Luc Melenchon YouTube channelIts leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said earlier this month that antisemitism was "residual" in France, one of many comments critics said normalized anti-Jewish hatred.After a 12-year-old Jewish girl was raped and insulted with antisemitic slurs last week, protesters took to the streets in Paris."Stop antisemitism, stop rape," this placard says.Among them was Joel Mergui, president of the Israelite consistory, a Jewish umbrella organization. "I would remind you that it is the attitude of France Unbowed (LFI) now that poses a problem for us. Because it is now that it is making anti-Zionist comments that lead to antisemitism. And that lead to tragedies like the one we've just experienced.":: May 1, 2021Melenchon denies being antisemitic and condemned the rape as did politicians from across the spectrum, including the RN.Three teenagers have been arrested.President Emmanuel Macron called the parliamentary election on June 9 after the RN trounced his centrist Together alliance in European elections.Maury Fischler says she'll stick with Macron, likening choosing between the others to being caught between the plague and cholera."I only have one option, and that's to vote for Macron. For all the... For me, it's... for the Republicans, that's it. The others, for me, it's impossible. LFI, the antisemitism it has shown, and the National Rally, which is for me, which remains, the RN, no matter what they say."Tensions over Gaza were already running high in France, home to Europe's largest Jewish and Muslim communities, even before the unexpected election exacerbated political tensions.
The Reform UK leader rejected the accusation that his party is a home for racists.
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A busy central London train station has been closed, with a major police presence at the scene.
Annual LBGTQ+ celebration takes place with march between Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square