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For the second time in less than a year, Pope Francis met with transgender and intersex Catholics on Sunday (Oct. 13) at the Vatican, where he listened to their stories of pain, solitude and redemption.

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Source: Religion News

Muslims across Europe are grappling with a “worrying surge” of racism that is being fuelled in part by “dehumanising anti-Muslim rhetoric”, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as it published a survey in which nearly half of the Muslim respondents said they had recently experienced discrimination.

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Source: The Guardian

Melbourne’s Diwali Festival was held at Marvel Stadium in October, with 20,000 visitors flocking to Docklands for the always colourful occasion.

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Source: Docklands News

A group representing Tamil heritage and other "caste-oppressed Hindu communities" in Australia is attempting to stop the burning of Ravana effigies around the country.

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Source: ABC

"Drive around Sydney and you will also see public schools, Catholic schools, Islamic schools, Anglican schools, Jewish schools and Buddhist schools. But you won’t see a Hindu school. But the Hindu Council has a plan to change that."

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Source: Australia Today

From six original settling families to making up a quarter of the town’s population, here is why Punjabi Sikhs made Woolgoolga home. And why they stayed.

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Source: ABC

In the latest podcast episode from the Baha’i World News Service, Mina Yazdani—a professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University in the United States—explored the profound contribution of the Baha’i community in Iran to their society.

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Source: Baha'i World News Service

Saturday 23 November 2024 will see the eleventh annual National Mosque Open Day (NMOD) take place at participating mosques across Australia.

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Source: Australia Muslim Times