The US Supreme Court delivered a historic but limited victory Monday to a Colorado baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, in a closely-watched case pitting gay rights against religious…
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Nepal names 3-year-old as new ‘living goddess’
A three-year-old girl has been named the new Kumari of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu after her predecessor retired when she reached puberty, continuing an ancient tradition that sees young girls worshipped as “living goddesses”. Trishna Shakya…
World’s oldest bible on show as British Museum tracks Egypt’s religions
The world’s oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt’s religious evolution in an exhibition at London’s British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra’s death. Titled “Egypt: faith after the…
Sweden approves file-sharing ‘church’
(Ken Macharia) Sweden has formally recognized a ‘religion’ whose core belief is the right to file-share. The church of Kopimism maintains that all information sharing is “holy” and that the value of information multiplies when…