News of religion

Milei's spirituality: Catholicism, Torah and a 'libertarian' God

29-11-2023 18:37 President-elect Javier Milei's visit this week to the grave of an orthodox rabbi in New York shows the peculiar spiritual path of Argentina's future leader.

Election 2023

Priests hold Mass in defence of Pope Francis following Milei barbs

05-09-2023 20:35 Priests repudiate verbal attacks at Pope Francis from La Libertad Avanza presidential candidate Javier Milei; Catholic leaders question libertarian leader’s attitude towards Argentine pontiff and questions if temperament is appropriate for public office.

As I see it

When nobody believes in anything much

06-05-2023 06:25 There is nothing much worth fighting for is proving to be a major problem in all developed countries.

by James Neilson

BRITAIN & MONARCHY

Charles coronation: debut role for minority faiths, languages

04-05-2023 15:21 The UK's non-Christian faiths and its Celtic languages will play a prominent role for the first time in a royal coronation when King Charles III is crowned next week, organisers said on Saturday.

Human rights

Church offers mea culpa, 40 years on from dictatorship's end

24-04-2023 15:05 Catholic leaders in Argentina offers mea culpa to victims for Church’s role during brutal 1976-198 military dictatorship; New three-part report probes Synod’s archives and behaviour during era of state terrorism.

LATIN AMERICA

Vatican closes Nicaragua embassy amid escalating row

19-03-2023 09:01 Bilateral relations have been on brink of collapse after Pope Francis referred to the government of socialist president Daniel Ortega as a dictatorship.

CHURCH ABUSES

Pope tells LatAm Church to ‘prioritise’ sexual abuse fight

14-03-2023 17:21 Pope Francis sends message to special congress in Latin America, calling on religious leaders to "prioritise" the battle against sexual abuses and acknowledging that the "mishandling" of such cases represents a "clear danger" to the Catholic Church.

OBITUARY

Vatican confirms death of former pope Benedict XVI aged 95

31-12-2022 09:19 Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on New Year's Eve, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Catholic controversy over two popes in the Vatican

31-12-2022 09:13 Shock retirement in 2013 of pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday aged 95, raised serious questions within the Church about the extent to which there could be two "men in white" at the Vatican.

GUEST COLUMN

Islam: a guardian or a threat to religious freedom?

25-11-2022 13:45 As a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Argentina, whose motto is "Love for all, Hatred for none," I express my position to promote religious freedom.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Battle for religious vote turns Brazil election into holy war

27-10-2022 17:31 Religion plays an increasingly big role in politics in Brazil and both Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have turned Brazil's polarising presidential race into a holy war.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

In first, Pope names three women to Dicastery for Bishops

13-07-2022 14:00 Pontiff names two nuns and a laywoman, Argentine María Lia Zervino, to the Vatican department that helps choose new bishops – the first time women have been allowed to serve on the body.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Esteban Bullrich: ‘When the future is uncertain, all you have is the present’

13-05-2022 12:21 Former senator and education minister Esteban Bullrich on being diagnosed with ALS, faith and why Argentina must overcome the ‘grieta’ rift that dominates the country’s politics.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Interview

Marwan Sarwar Gill: ‘I’m a Muslim – ask me anything’

23-04-2022 04:24 President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Argentina on misconceptions, the meaning of Islam and setting up an Ahmadiyya community from scratch in the country.

by Erica Wu

EASTER WEEKEND

Venezuela's 'palmeros' come down from mountain for Palm Sunday

13-04-2022 20:21 Tradition, of more than 250 years, is in the registry of good safeguarding practices of UNESCO and aspires to be a World Heritage Site.

RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

Pope visits Russian embassy to express "concern about the war" in Ukraine

25-02-2022 23:48 Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy in the Holy See on Friday, making an unusual gesture to express his “concern about the war” in Ukraine.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Cardinal slams sex abuse cover-ups at Vatican priest forum

17-02-2022 14:58 An influential cardinal opened a Vatican symposium on the priesthood Thursday apologising for "unworthy ministers" and the cover-up of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, before an audience that included Pope Francis.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in German abuse cases

20-01-2022 15:21 Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich in the 1980s, according to a damning independent report published Thursday that risks shattering the ex-pontiff's reputation.

News of religion

Milei's spirituality: Catholicism, Torah and a 'libertarian' God

Priests hold Mass in defence of Pope Francis following Milei barbs

When nobody believes in anything much

Charles coronation: debut role for minority faiths, languages

Church offers mea culpa, 40 years on from dictatorship's end

Vatican closes Nicaragua embassy amid escalating row

Pope tells LatAm Church to ‘prioritise’ sexual abuse fight

Vatican confirms death of former pope Benedict XVI aged 95

Catholic controversy over two popes in the Vatican

Islam: a guardian or a threat to religious freedom?

Battle for religious vote turns Brazil election into holy war

In first, Pope names three women to Dicastery for Bishops

Esteban Bullrich: ‘When the future is uncertain, all you have is the present’

Marwan Sarwar Gill: ‘I’m a Muslim – ask me anything’

Venezuela's 'palmeros' come down from mountain for Palm Sunday

Pope visits Russian embassy to express "concern about the war" in Ukraine

Cardinal slams sex abuse cover-ups at Vatican priest forum

Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in German abuse cases

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Victoria Villarruel hold ‘historic’ transition meeting

Karina Milei: How the most important member of Argentina’s next government thinks

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

Who will be in Javier Milei’s Cabinet? The ministers and secretaries confirmed so far

Victoria Villarruel, the first vice-president to play down dictatorship’s crimes

El destino del PAMI en la era Milei, en manos del PRO

Gabinete de Javier Milei: ya se confirmaron los nombres de seis ministros y seis secretarios

Aguinaldo: ¿Javier Milei puede decidir que no se pague?

Habló David Nalbandian tras ser acusado por acoso sexual y hostigamiento a su ex pareja

Malena Galmarini salió a responderle a Javier Milei por la privatización de AySA