Center for Studies on New Religions
One Jehovah’s Witness acquitted in Russia as others get months of restrictions
By Adelle M. Banks — October 8, 2020
(RNS) — ‘We hope that Russia will stop vilifying Jehovah’s Witnesses with the preposterous label of ‘extremists,’’ a spokesman said.
Rise in Italian Catholic Church attendance attributed to ‘Francis effect’
By Eric J. Lyman — November 11, 2013
ROME (RNS) Italy's Center for Studies on New Religions reported Sunday (Nov. 10) that around half of the 250 priests it surveyed reported a significant rise in church attendance since Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis in March.
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