Geneva

With antisemitism rising as the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe’s Jews worry

By Jamey Keaten and Laurie Kellman — November 27, 2023
GENEVA (AP) — Faced with fears that antisemitism will spread, communities are taking action.

How we might celebrate the legacy of flawed leaders

By R. William Franklin and Craig Townsend — October 28, 2022
(RNS) — Is there a middle ground between valorizing our founders and canceling them?

Vatican’s UN envoy says bishop’s defrocking shows church takes abuse seriously

By Josephine McKenna — July 2, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, 65, is the highest-ranking church official to be found guilty of sex abuse and has two months to appeal his sentence before facing criminal proceedings at the Vatican.

UN criticizes Vatican on sexual abuse but stops short of calling it torture

By Josephine McKenna — May 23, 2014
ROME (RNS) The panel’s criticism was far more muted than a scathing February report from the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child that asserted that the Vatican had fostered “impunity” for abusers.

Congress pushes for release of American pastor imprisoned in Iran

By Katherine Burgess — November 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Iranian government sentenced Abedini to eight years in prison after convicting him of “undermining” the government by spreading his religious beliefs.
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