imperialism
Vatican seeks to tamp down outrage over pope’s words of praise for Russian imperial past
By Nicole Winfield — August 29, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican spokesman said Francis merely wanted to praise the positive aspects of Russia’s spiritual and cultural history when he exalted Russia’s imperial rulers Peter and Catherine the Great.
Remembering the Christianity of Jesus, not empire
By Amy Butler — June 4, 2020
(RNS) — If Jesus were here today he’d be wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt while he held a sign and marched at a protest.
African church leaders resist gay rights, call it a colonial import
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 6, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A call for greater acceptance of gays and lesbians has put African and Western churches on a collision course, as some African clerics liken mounting criticism from the U.S. and Europe to a new wave of colonization by the West.
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