Dubaï
"The United Arab Emirates city of Dubai likely has the largest Catholic parish in the world, with over 300,000 parishioners. Equally noteworthy is the large degree of lay involvement among corporate professionals in in the Dubai church, considering it exists in a non-democratic and Islamic society, according to Brandon Vaidyanathan of Notre Dame University" — Emirates: world's largest Catholic parish activates its laity in Islamic Dubai (
Cour européenne
"Quatre affaires concernant des employés du Royaume-Uni sanctionnés en raison de leur religion, portées devant la Cour européenne, montrent une « tendance liberticide contemporaine visant à cantonner la liberté religieuse à une simple liberté de culte », qui de ce fait « ne garantit pas aux croyants la faculté de se comporter en public conformément à leur conscience, différemment de la majorité »" — Cour européenne : en attente de 4 verdicts sur la liberté religieuse (Gregor Puppinck, Zenit)
USA
"The Washington National Cathedral, where Americans gather to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin hosting same-sex marriages" — Washington National Cathedral to perform same-sex marriages (AP, The Guardian)
Maldives
"The killers worked quickly. Their victim did not even have time to reach his front door, only a few yards away. Stabbed repeatedly in the head and back, Afrasheem Ali, member of parliament and a cleric, bled to death in minutes" — Maldives cleric's murder raises fears of growing religious extremism (Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Canada
"Mgr Plourde a gouverné l'Église diocésaine de la capitale fédérale pendant vingt-deux ans, de 1967 à 1989, avant de laisser sa place à Mgr Marcel Gervais" — Mgr Joseph-Aurèle Plourde rend l'âme (Guillaume St-Pierre, Le Droit)
RDC
"« Le secret pour mener une vie de réussite en 2013 », tel a été le thème exploité par le Révérend Docteur Jean Lou Kankonde, dans sa prédication du 31 décembre dernier" — Le Révérend Kankonde demande aux chrétiens de vivre selon le Saint-Esprit ! (Judith Asina, Laprosperiteonline)
UK
"Radical cleric Abu Qatada may rail against Western lifestyles - but it doesn't stop him indulging in un-Islamic treats like doughnuts and Pringles. The notorious preacher was pictured outside his £450,000 taxpayer-funded home in London today filling up using large wheelie bins" — Bins Laden: Hate cleric Abu Qatada is surrounded by rubbish as he empties bins at new home paid for by taxpayers (Hugo Gye, MailOnline)
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