Tag: Religious

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Uruguay: Interreligious prayer with Lacalle Pou on his first day as president

  

  Surrounded by security and stopped by some parishioners who asked for a photo, the new president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou and part of his cabinet walked this Monday in the middle aisle of Montevideo’s Cathedral, to an interfaith ceremony held to pray for the new government.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 14:09 UTC

  Religious Freedom: Human Rights Organizations calls for shutdown of the Korea’s Christian Council

  

  On January 27, 30,000 people gathered in at Seul’s Gwanghwamun Square in a rally coordinated by the Global Citizens' Human Rights Coalition. People from civil society organizations and religious groups came together calling the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) to be held accountable for their ”unconstitutional actions and ultimately shut down,” local media reported.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Brazilian faith healer accused of raping 300 women has turned himself in

  

  A Brazilian faith healer who was accused of sexual abuse by more than 300 women has turned himself in a day after being officially ruled a fugitive, local news media reported on Sunday.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 10:12 UTC

  Gunman kills at least six at Brazilian church, then commits suicide

  

  A gunman later identified as 49-year-old Euler Fernando Grandolpho opened fire Tuesday against parishioners during midday mass at the Campinas Cathedral (95 km northwest of Sao Paulo), killing at least six of them and wounding several others, it was reported. The assailant eventually took his own life.