The Russian Ministry of Education wants "God" to be capitalized. What do philologists think?
Ekaterina Sedlyarova BBC 4 hours ago The BBC News Russian Service app is available for IOS and Android . You can also subscribe to our Telegram channel….
The idea of "denazification" of Ukrainians: where did it come from and how many exist
About where the idea of “denazification” of Ukraine came from and how long it exists – in a historical review by TSN correspondent Stanislav Yasinsky. The illusory…
"Putin's Altar" and NATO. How the Pope quarreled with Cyril over Ukraine
5 May 2022, 10:00 GMT Photo by TASS / Spaziani In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Pope Francis spoke about his conversation with…
Veil ban in schools sees Muslim girls get better grades and more mixed marriages
Banning the veil in schools led to Muslim girls getting better grades and more of them marrying outside their religion, a French study has found. State schools in…
Religious belief is not a guarantee of human decency – but neither is it mumbo jumbo
On the evening of Maundy Thursday, our village church held the ancient service of Tenebrae (“darkness” or “shadows”). It is a lament for the three days preceding…
Pilgrimage, review: this batch of faith-finding celebs were nice – but where was the interrogation?
So far, Pilgrimage (BBC Two) has sent mismatched bands of celebrities on the long road to religious enlightenment in Santiago, Rome and Istanbul. Now it’s back, and this…
‘Blasphemous’: how metal band Ghost became the acceptable face of Satanism
“I am as much of an exhibitionist as anyone else who has ever put on a guitar and walked onstage but I like the idea of being…
How did Justin Welby’s much-hyped grilling of Tony Blair fail to mention the word ‘morality’?
“Post-9/11, I decided we had to be with America in this moment. You know, the whole issue to do with the use of chemical, biological weapons, development…
My husband has found God in a big way – and lost his sense of fun
My husband’s sense of fun appealed to me from the moment I met him, and it made him a great teacher. He’s the head of music at…
How to decode the art of the Nativity
Artists have been searching for ways to depict the birth of Christ, which, it is sometimes easy to forget, lies at the very heart of the Christmas…
Chorister, 12, becomes a bishop – but only for 45 minutes
Henry VIII put a stop to the practice of appointing child bishops in 1541, declaring it a distraction from proper church business. Salisbury Cathedral revived the practice…
Why Pentecostalism is taking over the world
So how did all this start? Hardy takes us back to the American Midwest in the early 20th century, painting a picture reminiscent of the “Prophets’ Corner”…