Faith Is More Important Than Ever to Americans, New Study Finds
Sep 21, 2024 · The study was conducted by More in Common, a nonprofit that seeks “to understand the forces driving us apart, find common ground, and help bring Americans together to tackle our shared challenges.”. Though it may feel like we live in a deeply polarized society in which combatants—nestled in their echo chambers—are convinced that those who disagree with them hold impossibly extreme ...
Persecution of the Unification Church in Japan Is an Attack on All ...
Nov 2, 2024 · The spark was the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8, 2022.. Within 24 hours, Steve Hassan, self-described “cult expert” and professional dehumanizer by trade, tweeted that, according to “trustworthy sources,” the alleged assassin was angry about Abe’s support for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unification ...
Church of Scientology of New York Celebrates 20 Years as an Ideal ...
Sep 26, 2024 · Located in the heart of Times Square, the beating pulse of the city, the Church has served the community for two generations. And now, New York Scientologists celebrate their Church’s 20th anniversary as an Ideal Organization. As Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard put it, “The Ideal Org would be an activity where people came to achieve freedom and where they had confidence they would ...
After Helene Ripped Through Florida, Scientology Volunteer …
Oct 4, 2024 · In Pinellas County, some 400 Scientology Volunteer Ministers are providing aid and comfort in a region where the heat alone can kill the vulnerable. Available on a moment’s notice, their mission is to carry out their motto: “Something can be done about it.”
US Overdose Deaths Decrease for the First Time in Five Years
Oct 11, 2024 · It’s the first promising news of its kind in half a decade: the United States saw an estimated 107,453 drug overdose deaths in 2023, marking a 3 percent decrease from the loss of 111,029 lives in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
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Lufthansa’s Record Civil Rights Violation Penalty for Antisemitism …
Oct 22, 2024 · In the largest fine it has ever imposed for a civil rights violation, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has levied Lufthansa airlines a penalty of $4 million for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in May 2022.. The passengers, most of them identifiable by the traditional garb of Orthodox Jews, were detained in Frankfurt on …
Martin Scorsese’s New Docuseries on Saints Explores His Own …
Nov 24, 2024 · Scorsese himself narrates The Saints, which features episodes on Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian and the priest Maximillian Kolbe, who voluntarily gave up his life to save that of a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz. Throughout his brilliant career—making heavily spiritual films like The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun ...
Bipartisan Congressional Vote Reauthorizes US Commission on ...
Oct 13, 2024 · One of the letter’s signatories, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), hailed the congressional vote extending USCIRF’s authority. “The vital work of USCIRF helps to expose and combat violations of international religious freedom, hold governments accountable and provide helpful context for our missionary efforts,” ERLC Senior Policy Associate Allison ...
Sex Trafficking Stings Nationwide Snare Hundreds of Arrests, …
Oct 6, 2024 · The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office just led a successful human trafficking sting operation, resulting in 122 arrests and the rescue of two teenage juveniles who were being trafficked for sex.. Captured on video, Operation FAFO (Fool Around and Find Out) involved drones, high-tech equipment and officers who posed as undercover buyers and sellers. . The two-day sweep was coordinated with ...