Tag: religions
In the shadow of the monasteries, such a modern economy
Honeys from the Abbey of Sept-Fons and elsewhere, chocolates from Bonneval, fruit jellies from Landévennec, Chartreuse liqueurs, jams from everywhere, but also pâtés from La Trappe, nonnettes from Saint-Wandrille, cheeses…
“Pope Francis walks on a ridge line”
Céline Béraud is a sociologist, director of studies at EHESS. A specialist in gender and sexuality issues in Catholicism, she analyzes, in an interview with Le Monde, Pope Francis’ decision…
Pope Francis changes the practice of the Catholic Church, but not its doctrine
Same-sex couples during a public blessing ceremony in front of Cologne Cathedral, Germany, September 20, 2023. MARTIN MEISSNER / AP One shock after another. Barely two days after the unprecedented…
“By transforming the Holy Land into a homeland, archeology made it possible to create the nation of Israel”
An Israeli flag flies above a cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on May 4, 2022. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP In Digging the homeland (CNRS Editions, 336 pages,…
Ramadan in football in three questions
A team not white enough, too many players doing Ramadan: coach Christophe Galtier has an appointment, Friday, December 15, at the Nice court to answer charges of harassment and discrimination,…
these ultraorthodox Jews who enlist in the army to defend their country
In Israel, they are sometimes called the “men in black”. With their black suit, their white shirt, their tzitzit (fringes) on the hips and their wide-brimmed hat, ultra-Orthodox Jews wear…
In Gard, neo-Nazi leaflets arouse indignation and indifference
The “republican rally” at the call of Michel Sala, deputy (LFI) for the 5th constituency of Gard (right), in Quissac, December 8, 2023. ELSA BEAUMONT FOR M LE MAGAZINE DU…
the decline of a mischievous insolence in the face of misfortune
This book is not a collection of good jokes, although it contains an armful of them. To repeat them in society, we will wait for a gentler period, which would…
In the United States, the president of the University of Pennsylvania resigns, four days after her hearing by Congress
The President of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, before the US Congress, in Washington, December 5, 2023. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP The president of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn),…
Harvard President Apologizes for Her Responses at Anti-Semitism Hearing
Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at the US Congress in Washington. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP She said to herself ” Sorry “. Harvard University President…
Believers and ecologists, they put their “faith into action to denounce TotalEnergies’ displayed contempt for the climate”
4:56 p.m. Green and orange standards rise as night falls in the La Défense business district, near Paris. On one of them: “Deliver us from Total”and on another “Warm hearts,…
Denmark passes law banning Koran burning
On Thursday, December 7, the Danish Parliament adopted a law criminalizing “inappropriate treatment” of texts with important religious significance, de facto banning the burning of the Koran, after desecration of…