Figure from head of commission investigating sexual abuse comes days before publication of reportThe head of an independent commission investigating child sexual abuse in the French Catholic church has said about 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside …
In reckoning with its demons, Hillsong will be forced to move away from what made it powerful | Elle Hardy
Reining in its pastors and dealing with the scandals enveloping the megachurch risks creating a brand that’s bland and bureaucraticHillsong Church is in crisis. Australia’s greatest cultural export – with 131 churches in 30 countries, 150,000 weekly co…
Britain needs clear laws to protect LGBT+ people from ‘conversion therapies’ | Helena Kennedy
Lawyers and campaigners have drawn up a framework to take long-overdue action against these coercive practicesBaroness Helena Kennedy QC is chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights InstituteIn May, at the opening of parliament, the Que…
The Guardian view on contemplative silence: there’s a lot to be said for it | Editorial
English Heritage is trialling a daily hour of stillness and reflection at its monastic sites. It is a bold experiment that deserves to succeedIn The Cloud of Unknowing, one of the greatest works of Christian mysticism, the art of contemplation is espec…
‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police
Exclusive: In his first interview with western media, Kandahar’s enforcer promises things will be different from the brutal 1990sMawlawi Mohammad Shebani is officially in charge of policing morals throughout Kandahar, the Taliban heartland of southern …
‘Don’t pass Catholic churches’: protests as Glasgow braces for Orange walks
Campaigners call for parades to be re-routed as up to 13,000 people expected to converge in city centreCampaigners against anti-Catholic bigotry and anti-Irish discrimination will gather in protest around vulnerable churches on Saturday, as Glasgow bra…
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will reshape Middle East, official warns
Gulf states are having to reconsider their alliances and especially whether they can still trust the US, says senior sourceThe Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a shattering earthquake that will shape the Middle East for many years, a senior Gulf of…
The Dollar Store Jamie Lannister
Confederate DESTROYS Yankee with FACTS and LOGIC (6:37) Atun-Shei Films (an invented name) has a particular interest in early American history, especially that of New England and (current home) New Orleans. (The Racist-O-Meter is recycled from Were the…
‘Muslims were so demonized’: Mehdi Hasan, Zainab Johnson, Keith Ellison and more on 9/11’s aftermath
Muslim Americans in the arts, politics, healthcare, education and media reflect on the past 20 yearsTwenty years ago, 19 men flew commercial planes into New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon in Washington DC. A total of 2,977 people died and several …
Death threats sent to participants of US conference on Hindu nationalism
Threats force several scholars to withdraw as ‘far-right fringe groups’ accuse event of being ‘anti-Hindu’An academic conference in the US addressing Hindu nationalism is being targeted by rightwing Hindu groups, which have sent death threats to partic…