National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988, the law was unanimously amended by both the House and the Senate and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on Thursday, May 5, 1988, designating the first Thursday of May as a day of national prayer. In honor of this day, the Scientology Religion blog published the Scientology Prayer for Total Freedom, the prayer recited... Read more
Scientology minister Rev. Eric Roux was a featured speaker at the International Convention: Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe, an Arduous Journey, organized by European Federation for Freedom of Belief (FOB) under the auspices of the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Regional Council of Tuscany, Italy. In the moderated discussion January 19 titled “Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe,” Rev. Roux, director of European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF), France, spoke on the necessity of religions working together to defend the... Read more
As the International Convention on Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe gets underway in Florence, Italy, one of the keynote speakers is Professor Aldo Natale Terrin of the University of Padua, author of the book Scientology. Libertà e immortalità (Scientology: Freedom and Immortality) published in October 2017. Church of Scientology London/ Shutterstock by Tobia Steiner Terrin, a Catholic priest, is one of the speakers on the topic Sociology of Religion. An Emeritus Professor of the Pastoral Liturgical Institute of Santa Giustina,... Read more
Mr. Ivan Arjona Pelado, Executive Director of the European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights of the Church of Scientology, spoke of the violations of freedom of conscience in Russia at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva. At the 37th session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations (Geneva), the Coordination of the Associations and the People for Freedom of Conscience (CAP LC), a French NGO with United Nations Consultative Status, organized a... Read more
by Rev. Brian Fesler, pastor of the Nashville Church of Scientology The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) is a professional organization formed in 1929 with the mission of promoting excellence in religious communications and advancing religious literacy. Its annual convention took place this year in Atlanta, and there could be no more fitting place than the birthplace of one of the greatest communicators in modern religious history, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And while Dr. King campaigned the southeast... Read more
Google Play provides simple directions to download the new app to watch the Scientology TV Network on any Android device. It also provides information on the channel’s programming: Watch Scientology TV on your phone, tablet or TV. No subscription or login required. Scientology has launched its own television channel—the Scientology Network. The network has something for everyone. Watch TV shows and films recommended just for you, including Scientology Network original series, films, and groundbreaking documentaries. How does the Scientology Network... Read more
Changing attitudes in Portugal on this urgent human rights issue Claudia Fernandes is taking a stand against domestic violence in Porto, Portugal. More than 450 women have been killed in Portugal through domestic violence over the past 12 years. In 2016, the country registered 22,773 cases of domestic violence—the equivalent of 14 incidents per day. And a 2014 report by the European Institute for Gender Equality found 24 percent of women in Portugal had experienced violence. In 2016, Fernandes began targeting this issue with... Read more
Drug-Free World volunteers representing a broad array of local nonprofits brought drug prevention to the Commonwealth Games to create an impact on Australia’s drug abuse crisis. With hundreds of thousands expected to attend the multi-sport international competition, volunteers joined forces to reach out with the truth about drugs. Find out more on the Scientology Newsroom. Read more
Irate demonstrators converged on the World Psychiatric Association Congress in Melbourne to protest psychiatric abuse. Shouting slogans like “Stop drugging our kids” and “Leave our elderly alone,” the protesters demanded action. Nearly 4 million Australians are on psychiatric drugs—drugs proven to increase the risk of violence and suicide, they said. “Psychiatry has reclassified normal childhood behavior as a mental disease,” said one of the protesters. “It is time to bring psychiatry under the law.” To learn more about CCHR, visit the Scientology Newsroom. Read more
Scientologist Joe Hochman, writing on the website of STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination) reveals the greatest of Scientology Secrets—that there is no secret at all. I have been a Scientology practitioner for almost 50 years. About 90 percent of what I hear people think Scientology is, is incorrect and some of it is so ridiculous as to be laughable. I ask newcomers to put their preconceptions on the shelf and have the courage to think for themselves if they really want to... Read more
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