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Rastafarians in Kenya are fighting to decriminalize marijuana for religious purposes after a court dismissed their petition in July. Members believe the plant is a sacrament that deepens their spiritual connection to the divine.
Jordan is convening an emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers over concerns that Israeli incursions at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound violate a longstanding status quo agreement and risk triggering broader religious conflict.
China’s new ethnic unity law implemented in July emphasizes Mandarin Chinese in schools and government while some Tibetans seek to preserve their language and cultural traditions through private study and religious practice.
Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru in November for his first Latin American trip as pontiff, returning to a region where he previously served as a missionary and bishop.
Israeli settlers have blockaded three Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, with military forces intervening multiple times as families fear property seizure.
The Vatican excommunicated the ultra-conservative Society of Saint Pius X after the group ordained bishops without papal consent, creating a formal rupture within the Roman Catholic Church.
