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March 12, 2021

Controversial ‘Hate Crime’ legislation passes Scottish parliament

March 12, 2021

Religious and cultural advocacy groups criticised the bill on those and similar grounds, as did journalists, police, and even the Law Society of Scotland. Several amendments made it into the version of the law that passed, which were designed to raise the threshold of prosecution.

Pope Francis in Iraq: All our Coverage in One Place

March 12, 2021

Pope Francis’s recent visit to Iraq has been called “courageous” as well as “reckless” — but little in between. He described himself on the journey as “a pilgrim of peace” bearing a message of fraternity. Whatever else it was, the visit was certainly historic. Here, in one place, from start to finish, is all the

Colombian bishop responds to cathedral vandalism

March 12, 2021

A Colombian archbishop condemned an attack against a local cathedral March 8 by a group of radical pro-abortion feminists.

Vatican diplomat criticizes ‘divisive’ UN Human Rights Council report on Islamophobia

March 12, 2021

Addressing the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič said that the report could prove to be “divisive” because it focused on one religious group to the exclusion of others.