“If she was not subjected to violence, why did she need a ransom paid or a State flight to take her back to Italy?” Yes, this is a legitimate question for someone to ask, but it also reveals a lack of comprehension of what a person who is a victim of this kind of trauma and ...
Fundamentalism is strict adherence to Christian doctrines via literal Bible interpretation, born from a late 19th–early 20th-century Protestant push against modern science and philosophy.Are fundamentalists just Bible-thumping fanatics? No—diverse, often divided. I define it here as a political/...
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion from India, specifically the Punjab region. It originated in the late 1400s and has about 25-30 million followers worldwide. Followers adhere to the teachings of Guru Nanak and the 10 gurus that came after him, the final of which is the Guru Granth Sahib...
the “victory” in Iraq for which all patriotic Americans long, would produce a Shi’ite dominated Iraq in which Iran would be, at the least, very influential. Which is the same thing that we fear from a “failure”
Religious beliefs pit Shiite against Sunni, Evangelical against Episcopalian, but it’s hard to picture God cheering, “Go Sunnis! Get those Shiites!” Or “Homosexuality’s here to stay, Evangelicals go away!” If, as we say we believe, God created heaven and earth and all its creatures...
As the successor to the Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire was initially a useful entity for the Catholic Church to aggregate prototypic European states, but it was not an empire—nor, for that matter, was it holy or Roman. One of the imperatives of the United Nations after World War ...
In response Schiff wrote: “Mr. President, this is low. Even for you. No, I didn’t write Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish to a nation she served so well, and spent her whole life making a more perfect union. But I am going to fight like hell to make it come true. No confirma...
Gaza’s only Catholic Church reflects on its special bond with Pope Francis 02:24 See Pope's coffin lying in Vatican residence 00:34 How is a new pope chosen? 02:56 ‘He was almost in tears’: Gay Vatican adviser describes Pope Francis’ support for trans worshipers ...