Church of England may ordain women bishops
August 4, 2005
LONDON — Leaders of the Church of England voted July 11 to begin a process leading to the ordination of women as bishops. The
Infomercial in India challenges conversions
August 4, 2005
Infomercial in India challenges conversions NEW DELHI — A public service infomercial questioning religious conversions has begun showing in Vadodara, India, a city of
Israel’s Jewish population projected to pass U.S.’s
August 4, 2005
JERUSALEM — If demographic trends continue, by 2006, Israel will boast the largest Jewish community in the world, according to an Israeli think tank.
Religious freedom in China still in doubt
August 4, 2005
NANJING, China — Wide-ranging persecution of Chinese Christians has dashed hopes of greater religious freedom from the new law on religion that took effect
Canada legalizes same-sex marriages
July 28, 2005
OTTAWA — Canada has become the fourth country to legalize same-sex marriage. The senate, on July 19, passed Bill C-38, 47–21, exactly three weeks after
Group calls Pakistan blasphemy laws ‘terror’
July 28, 2005
WASHINGTON — Freedom House’s Washington-based Center for Religious Freedom is calling on the U.S. government to pressure Pakistan into repealing its blasphemy laws, which the
Religious freedom in Turkey on backburner
July 28, 2005
Ankara, Turkey — Since the European Union’s (EU) decision last December to begin membership accession talks with Turkey, religious freedom has been on Europe’s short
Sri Lanka considers anti-conversion laws
July 28, 2005
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Anti-conversion laws are once again on the agenda in Sri Lanka after a brief respite while the government dealt with tsunami
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