Religion

The British branch of the Anglican Church meeting in general synod voted Thursday, despite divisions, in favor of a blessing of homosexual couples, while confirming its opposition to the celebration of religious marriages. After eight hours of tense debates spread over two days, the nearly 500 members of this elected …

How should we gender God? Do you just have to specify your gender? These are the questions that currently agitate the Anglican Church, while voices have been raised for several decades on the relevance of speaking of “God” only in the masculine, notes Sky News. The institution has even appointed …

Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalizing LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction, Reuters agency reported. Pope Francis, who made his remarks in response to a reporter’s question aboard the plane returning from a two-country trip to Africa, …

Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned in Kinshasa the “cruel atrocities that cover humanity with shame” in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rebelling against “the bloody and illegal exploitation of the wealth from this country”. “I address a vibrant appeal to all people, to all internal and …

The Catholic church in South Sudan is planning to hold special prayers on Thursday for the safe arrival of Pope Francis who is scheduled to be in the country on Friday. Pope Francis is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he celebrated one of his biggest Masses on …

Founder of Life Assembly Worship Centre, Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrew popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom said he will ban the importation of condoms into the country if he becomes President of Ghana. Guest on Dadwene TV, the pastor expressed his opposition to the use of condoms. According to him, …

Pope Francis said in an interview on Tuesday with the American news agency Associated Press (AP) that laws criminalizing homosexuality around the world were “unjust” and that this sexual orientation was a “sin”. “Being gay is not a crime,” Pope Francis told AP. “It’s not a crime. Yes, but it …

A Catholic bishop in northern Zambia has urged his congregants to avoid “gyrating” too much during mass because such dancing may encourage other people to sin. Ndola Bishop Benjamin Phiri says he is concerned about the manner in which some worshippers dance during Mass. He has called for regulation and …

Pope Francis’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo will remind the world not to ignore decades-long conflicts that have beset the mineral-rich nation and wrecked the lives of millions, the Vatican’s envoy to Kinshasa said. Pope Francis is expected to visit Congo from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3, the …

Devanshi Sanghvi, heiress of the jewelry business Sanghvi and Sons in the Indian city of Surat (Gujarat, west) has decided to give up her fortune to become a nun in a strict religious order of the Jain faith. Renouncing a fortune of millions of dollars in diamonds, the eight-year-old Indian …