Russian forces have seized many religious leaders of a variety of religious communities. In most of these cases, however, it remains unclear if places of worship or religious leaders were targeted to specifically punish the exercise of the freedom of religion or belief.
The decline comes as Hillsong's former leader and founder Brian Houston faces charges of covering up his late father’s alleged sex crimes.
90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen was found guilty on charges relating to his role in a relief fund used by members of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement.
An art show displays 25 glass works by 13 different artists built around the shards McDonald, an Episcopal priest, collected from the destroyed churches, synagogues and chapels he visited in England, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany in 1944 and 1945.
The rise of the unaffiliated church.
"We are coming to the end of Judeo-Christian America," he said. "It’s time for us to welcome new voices into the discussion."
Leprosy has a long history of being used to disenfranchise already socially marginalized populations.
The lengthy and opaque trial has drawn condemnation from some Israeli news outlets: “Either El Halabi is one of Israel’s greatest and most dangerous enemies ever, as the indictment against him indicates — or he’s the victim of a cynical, cruel propaganda system that is exploiting him to stop the influx of international humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.”
“Maybe our experience, with its amazing blessings on both sides, will encourage another to listen to God’s prompting in his or her heart and change someone’s life forever.”
Naila Khan, an independent journalist based in New Delhi, reports.
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