TIL Tag: religion
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- What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu
January 2, 2022 - Easter Sunday
April 17, 2022 - Dozens killed in crush at Ramadan charity event in Yemen capital
April 20, 2023 - Sweden points to 'foreign power' after Iraqi refugee on trial for Qur'an burnings shot dead
January 30, 2025 - Man who participated in Qur'an-burnings convicted of incitement in Sweden
February 3, 2025 - New Aga Khan named: Rahim Al-Hussaini succeeds father as Ismaili Muslims' leader
February 6, 2025 - Auctioning off millennial saint-to-be's relics is Satan's work, archbishop says
April 5, 2025 - Vatican puts 'God's architect' Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood
April 15, 2025 - Pope Francis dies aged 88
April 21, 2025 - Cardinals to meet in the Vatican to set funeral date for Pope Francis
April 22, 2025 - Convicted cardinal demands to be part of conclave to choose new pope, setting up Vatican standoff
April 23, 2025 - Political and religious leaders gather in the Vatican to attend the funeral of the pope, who passed away Easter Monday
April 26, 2025 - Conclave to elect new pope to start on 7 May, Vatican says
April 28, 2025 - Convicted cardinal pulls out of conclave to choose new pope
April 29, 2025 - Cardinals to begin choosing new pope in largest ever conclave
May 7, 2025 - Robert Prevost becomes first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
May 8, 2025 - Italian teenager Carlo Acutis to become first millennial saint on September 7
June 13, 2025 - New Texas law requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms
June 22, 2025 - Clashes and arrests in Turkey over magazine cartoon allegedly depicting prophet Muhammad
July 1, 2025 - Thousands turn out to mark the Dalai Lama's 90 birthday
July 6, 2025 - Israeli minister sparks anger by praying at sensitive Jerusalem holy site
August 3, 2025 - Researchers find oldest written claim that the Shroud of Turin was faked
September 4, 2025 - Carlo Acutis, 'God's influencer' who died aged 15, declared a saint by Pope Leo
September 7, 2025 - 'Total internet blackout' in Afghanistan sparks panic after Taliban vowed to stamp out immoral activities
September 30, 2025 - Woman appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in a historic first for the Church of England
October 3, 2025 - Quebec expands secularism law and limits public prayer
November 27, 2025 - German church's televised 'slime Jesus' infuriates the faithful
January 13, 2026 - Angel that looked like Giorgia Meloni removed from Rome church fresco
February 4, 2026 - Don Lemon set to appear in federal court in Minnesota on charges stemming from church protest
February 13, 2026 - Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate
March 16, 2026 - France's Muslim gathering ban overturned by courts
April 3, 2026 - Agriculture secretary’s religious Easter message to all employees sparks internal backlash and a formal complaint
April 10, 2026 - Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’
April 13, 2026 - Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance
May 5, 2026 - Rubio meets Pope Leo in bid to ease tensions after Trump’s criticism of the pontiff
May 7, 2026 - US top court says Rastafarian man cannot sue prison guards who cut his dreadlocks
June 23, 2026 - Pope Leo pleads with ultra-conservative sect not to ordain own bishops
June 30, 2026 - Controversial bishops ordained as Pope warns of 'schism' in Catholic Church
July 1, 2026 - Breakaway Catholic group excommunicated after defying warnings from Pope Leo
July 2, 2026 - Founder of one of China’s biggest underground churches freed, reunites with family in US
July 5, 2026 - Austrian court rules ski resort hotel’s burkini ban is discriminatory
July 8, 2026 - Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit that claimed Harvard failed to protect Jewish students
August 13, 2026 - Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence
August 21, 2026 - 'Moonies' church leader jailed for two years over bribery offences
August 31, 2026 - Fabric nightclub plans gigs at St Paul's Cathedral
September 1, 2026 - Eiffel Tower shut by staff protest after female workers moved for religious visit
September 8, 2026 - Protests as controversial Drumcree Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997
September 27, 2026 - Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’
September 27, 2026 - Police block Orange Order from controversial parade route
September 28, 2026 - Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86
October 6, 2026 - Pope diagnosed with lung cancer but had successful surgery, Vatican says
October 14, 2026 - Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
October 19, 2026 - Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, Vatican says
October 21, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election
October 30, 2026