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(RNS) The State Department issued its annual human rights report Thursday (March 11), noting religious freedom violations in countries ranging from China to Iraq to Saudi Arabia. The report on 194 countries called 2009 “a year in which ethnic, racial, and religious tensions led to violent conflicts and serious human rights violations.” The State Department…

(RNS) The Pledge of Allegiance, with its inclusion of the words “under God,” is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday (March 11), reversing a previous ruling. The 2-1 ruling answers a challenge by California atheist Michael Newdow, who argued that the use of the pledge in a Northern California school district — where…

(RNS) The Catholic Church in Europe’s widening sexual abuse scandal hit home for Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, as his former archdiocese admitted to making “serious errors” in the case of a priest suspected of molesting a child. Benedict discussed the spreading scandal with the head of Germany’s Catholic bishops on Friday (March 12), hours…

DHARMSALA, India – The Dalai Lama lashed out at China on Wednesday, accusing it of trying to “annihilate Buddhism” in Tibet and rebuffing all his efforts to reach a compromise over the disputed Himalayan region. China shot back, accusing the Tibetan spiritual leader of using deceptions and lies to distort its policy in the region.…
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