Nigeria

"A long-running conflict between cattle herders and farmers in central Nigeria is increasingly assuming a religious dimension, writes the BBC's Mayeni Jones after visiting Benue state" — How Nigeria's cattle war is fuelling religious tension (BBC)

Allemagne

"Der bayerische Kreuz-Erlass sorgte für viel Kritik - auch aus der Kirche. Doch nun melden sich über 30 Theologen aus Bayern zu Wort. Sie verteidigen den Erlass und kritisieren dabei auch Kirchenvertreter" — Theologen bekennen sich öffentlich zum Kreuz-Erlass (Katholisch.de)

"Papst Franziskus hat den Kommunion-Konflikt an die deutschen Bischöfe zurückverwiesen. Was bedeutet das? Für den Hamburger Erzbischof Stefan Heße ist die Antwort klar" — Heße: Papst hat im Kommunionstreit Richtung signalisiert (Katholisch.de)

Orthodoxie

"Tandis que le patriarche Kirill appelle de ses vœux l’unité des Églises chrétiennes face au terrorisme islamiste, le métropolite Hilarion fait part de son scepticisme sur un rapprochement avec l’Église catholique" — L’Église orthodoxe russe souffle le chaud et le froid sur le dialogue œcuménique (Samuel Lieven, La Croix)

Mode

"While a Pope Rihanna might seem laughable or heretical, the church has been resisting increasing pressure to ordain women as priests and the outfits show that religion is being killed by outdated ideology rather than a lack of interest in it" — How female celebrities used their Met Gala outfits to both honour and subvert religious norms (Katie Edwards, MJC Warren, The Independent)

Islamophobie

"A new report documents the degree to which Muslims are internalizing unfavorable stereotypes about their community" — Muslims Are Internalizing Islamophobia, And Negative Media Coverage Is To Blame (Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post)

Opinion

"Sometimes, the merry-go-round of false narratives deserves to be stopped, history reasserted. America’s religious roots are under intense pressure today from the media, state governments, educational institutions and litigious atheists. We are at a time of reckoning — and so is our role in the world as a beacon of religious freedom" — A time of reckoning for religious freedom (Robert Charles, The Washington Times, Religioscope)

"There is a clear line between propagating Islamophobia and challenging religious extremism. Islamophobia mainly manifests in Western societies in the form of paranoia and irrational fear of Islam and Muslims" — Islamophobia vs anti-extremism (Imran Khan, The News International, Religioscope)

Livre

"Intitulé « Libérer la liberté, foi et politique au troisième millénaire », l’ouvrage est le second volume de textes choisis par le Pape émérite" — Le Pape François signe la préface d’un livre de Benoît XVI (Isabella Piro, VaticanNews, Cathobel)