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Religion can help China’s economy, says new report

China
In a new study Brian J. Grim says that, while China’s economic success may be under threat from a recent rash of government actions to impose its supremacy over culture – in particular, religion – Chinese Christians may be a special source of economic growth. In The Modern Chinese Secret . . . Read More

ISIS has stunned the West into apathy

The rise of Islamic State has paralysed the West, leaving it “unable to act in a coherent and effective fashion” according to a blog by Rev Nadim Nassar in The Tablet. The latest shock to the world is the capture by ISIS of Palmyra, an ancient city in the Syrian . . . Read More

Pope: Don’t forget persecuted Christians

Pope Francis says people must not forget the “ongoing persecution” of Christians through “habit and indifference”. “[Do] not allow habit and indifference to take place before the persistence of such murderous brutality, disguised as religion,” he said at a bishop’s conference in Rome on 19 May. “Turning off the spotlight and . . . Read More