News by subject: RELIGION

The 2024 federal budget includes possible new measures to enhance equity in the tax code and unlock homeownership for observant Muslims through coming consultations on possible tax and regulatory changes to facilitate Halal mortgages. Manzil,...

Prison Fellowship®, the nation's largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, is thrilled to announce a partnership with the Come and See Foundation to stream ?The Chosen'?a multi-season television show about...

The Bridgespan Group today launched the second season of its podcast Dreaming in Color: Creating New Narratives in Leadership. Established in 2022 and hosted by Darren Isom, a partner in Bridgespan's San Francisco office, the podcast creates space...

In honor of National Adoption Month, Holt International Children's Services is showcasing the evolution of international adoption and emphasizing Holt's lifelong adoption services available to families and adoptees. In addition to these services, the...

This Being Human, the Aga Khan Museum's curiosity-stoking interview podcast, returns on February 22, 2022 with more stirring conversations to transport listeners around the world ? and beyond.   Presented in partnership with TVO, Season 2 will...

The Islamic Society of Toronto (IST) is pleased to announce that an agreement with Metrolinx to convert an existing IST building, at 20 Overlea Boulevard in Thorncliffe Park, into a new Islamic Religious Centre with significant additional community...

The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit 2021 held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on July 13?15 is the largest and most important religious freedom event of the year,...

The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit is being held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on July 13?15, and over 1,000 representatives from government agencies and civil society organizations are attending the event in person...

SP Funds has taken note of the deep concerns of its investors and the public of the alleged use of forced Muslim labor by some of Apple Inc. Chinese suppliers. According to various human rights and labor transparency organizations, as reported in The...

Prison Fellowship®, the nation's largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, is hosting a Zoom virtual reporters roundtable discussing the recent actions of the U.S. Congress in restoring access to Pell Grants...

Season 4 of the ground-breaking TVO Original series Political Blind Date returns Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 9 p.m. ET on TVO, tvo.org, and the TVO YouTube channel. Produced by Open Door Co. and Nomad Films, in association with TVO, this season...

Rainbow Faith and Freedom (RFF), a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization, founded in 2019 by the Reverend Dr. Brent Hawkes, has created a multi-faith resource portal to help to address religious-based LGBTQ2S+ discrimination in Canada. A virtual...

TVO and Feltfilm are pleased to announce the world broadcast and online premiere of TVO Original Picture My Face: The Story of Teenage Head, Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 9 pm ET on TVO and tvo.org.  This relevant and poignant documentary tells the...

In support of the rapidly growing humanitarian crisis in Armenia and Artsakh, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) in coordination with the Hayastan All Armenian Fund announced the #Aid4Artsakh Matching Gift program, open for donations...

In response to the call for racial justice, more than 1,600 people from 34 countries registered to view Responding to Racism: A Lasallian Dialogue, a livestream discussion on June 25, 2020. The Lasallian Association of Colleges and Universities...

Prison Fellowship®, the nation's largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, released a state-by-state map showing the number of COVID-19 positive cases and deaths in state and federal prisons across the...

World Hope International has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing a unique web-based platform called Get-Support in partnership with veteran-owned technology firm, Disaster Tech.  The Get-Support tool will provide faith-based and other...

Dawoodi Bohra communities around the world are focusing their 2019 Annual Upliftment Drive on providing support and conversation to elderly members of society. Every year, as part of the Dawoodi Bohra Upliftment Drive, thousands of Bohra volunteers...

On November 19 at 9 pm ET, TVO presents the world broadcast and online premiere of TVO Original Prey on TVO and tvo.org. The acclaimed feature documentary from filmmaker Matt Gallagher is a moving and unflinching account of a sexual abuse survivor's...

The UNITED SIKHS legal team is working with the family of an elderly Sikh man after receiving a report today that he encountered several brutal attackers inside his own home during a suspected hate crime. According to details provided by the family,...

In response to the passage of a new secularism law, which prohibits public civil servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at their workplace, UNITED SIKHS today launched a plan to formally remove the ban. Citing human rights...

UNITED SIKHS today released an assessment at Ground Zero as the only NGO providing humanitarian aid amidst the ongoing conflict. As described by local news reports and UNITED SIKHS first-responder personnel, a mob of 200-300 individuals gathered at...

UNITED SIKHS today announced open enrollment for the 2018 Advocacy and Humanitarian Aid Academy (AHAA) Summit. This annual program hosts the next generation of human rights advocates for a week of engaging civic courses, meetings with elected...

Like great institutions, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru was born from a dream and overcame obstacles. Since the beginning of the 20th century the idea to found a superior educational institution with Catholic foundations in Peru had...