Religia

Finance Minister Schäuble sees the cohabitation with Muslims in Germany as an opportunity for the Federal Republic.more

With the area around Manchester Cathedral still locked down, prayers were said outdoors this morning, after 22 people were killed in a bombing at a concert near by.more

Harun Khan, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, has joined the condemnations of the Manchester attack.more

Opposition parties have slammed plans to put a cross on top of the rebuilt Stadtschloss, or City Palace, in Berlin. The Greens and the Left party say the plan endangers the open cultural dialogue intended for the site.more

Deconversion the 'major factor' in rise of population without religion. more

Austrian lawmakers have approved a bill that outlaws wearing a full-face veil in public. The new legislation also establishes mandatory integration courses, and prompts asylum seekers to do unpaid public work.more

Zurich's public safety office on Friday recommended towns in Switzerland's most populous canton ban a campaign that hands out Korans in public spaces, describing it as a front for incitement of radical activities including jihadist involvement.more

The Diocese of Cork and Ross is facing a priest shortage crisis and some Masses could be replaced by public prayers with no communion in the years ahead, writes Rob McNamara. Father Charlie Kiely, director of pastoral development in Cork and Ross revealed the extent of the problem, as it emerged that Mass will not be said at any church in Limerick today, the first time this has happened in any Irmore

In a late night sitting, the lower house of parliament has approved a raft of security measures and a draft ban on face veils. The ban would only apply to civil servants in Germany.more

Britain's UK Independence Party has issued a June 8 general election manifesto that calls for outlawing wearing burqas.more

Islam is both a religion of peace and an ideology calling for holy war. This may confuse people, but we must understand this because it is the true face of Islam, "said expert political scientist Dr. Bill Warner.more

People are invited to a fundraising lunch by the Skegness Polish Saturday School (SPEA) to celebrate the patron saints of England and Poland.more

Theresa May has spoken of a "sense of people coming together" following the UK's vote to leave the EU. In her first Easter message as PM, she said "opportunities" would arise from Brexit and emphasised the UK's "shared ambitions and above all shared values".more

A 23-year-old British woman has been stabbed to death in Jerusalem, police have said. The tourist was repeatedly stabbed while she travelled on a tram in Tzahal Square, which was packed with people celebrating Good Friday and Passover.more

School authorities refer to the Neutrality Act, which prohibits the wearing of religious symbols by teachers, police and judicial personnel. "Hijab, kip or cross are forbidden for bureaucrats" - said "Berliner Zeitung".more

The Government is moving to lift the 90-year-old ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday. Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald is expected to signal in the coming days that she will not oppose a Bill in the Seanad calling for the restriction to be abolished.more

Ireland is now a country with older and less religious people and with more migrants and travellers, and we are speaking less Irish, according to the first results from Census 2016. The population of Ireland rose by 3.8 per cent between April 2011 and April 2016, according to results from the Central Statistic Office (CSO) published today.more

Pope Francis met briefly Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different faiths and cultures.more

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla had a private audience with Pope Francis on Tuesday as part of a tour designed to shore up Britain's ties with the continent as it prepares to leave the European Union.more

Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as "absolutely ridiculous".more

The 14-year-old was shaved with a bald head because she was not wearing a hijab.more

Austria on Tuesday took the first steps towards a ban on full-face veils in public, as the cabinet presented amendments to the country's integration laws.more

Muslim leaders condemned the "heinous and appalling" Westminster terror attack as they joined together with Christian and Jewish leaders just metres from the scene of the atrocity.more

According to Polish Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Glinski Polish coat of arms will be only "adapted to new technology". more

Pope Francis surprised nuns with the spontaneous visit to the convent of Rome.more