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Joint Declaration on Free Thought (France) and the National Secular Society (United Kingdom)
Church Crimes and paedophilia: The Church must be accountable to the Justice of men!
A new week, A new Cardinal condemned. On 7th March, the highest official of the Catholic Church in France, the Archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, was condemned for not reporting the repeated sexual abuses committed by priests on 70 minors. Philippe Barbarin was sentenced to six months in prison with a suspended sentence. He will appeal, but nevertheless indicated his resignation to the pope. (more…)
Against public funding of religions
About Guiana
On December 27th 2018, Cayenne’s Administrative Court gave a judgement that confirms that Guiana’s territorial collectivity was still, through an 1828 royal decree taken by King Charles X, obliged to pay the archbishop’s and catholic priests’ salaries on public funds. (more…)
Events
ABUJA HUMANIST CONVENTION
IAFT (International Association of Free Thought) is pleased and proud to support its spokesperson Leo Igwe in his fight to develop humanism and free thinking in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. (more…)
Events
AILP-IAFT’s declaration on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the permanent delegation of the International Association of Free Thought (AILP-IAFT) to the UN Human Rights Council wishes to remind the following facts: (more…)
Separation between religions and States
Live from Fernando Lozada
Spokesman for the International Association of Free thought (IAFT) – (Argentina – Latin America) About the voluntary termination of pregnancy in Argentina IAFT: Can you introduce yourself? Fernando Lozada: I am an atheist, a human rights activist. For about 15 years, I have been actively working for the advent of Read more…
Denounce crimes of priests
2017-03-06: The Tuam Scandal
European Coordination Bureau of Freethought 10/12 rue des Fossés Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris (France International Commission of Inquiry: To bring justice to victims of crimes committed by the Roman Catholic Church! In the Republic of Ireland, like everywhere else, it is time to “separate Religions and the State”! At a hastily-convened Read more…
Denounce crimes of priests
Keith Porteous Wood : Orphelinats religieux d’Irlande : les ossements de nombreux bébés retrouvés à Tuam, Comté de Galway
Après les dernières révélations quant à la découverte de restes humains dans une institution religieuse accueillant des mères irlandaises et leurs bébés, Keith Porteous Wood, Directeur Exécutif de la National Secular Society, s’interroge sur comment de telles atrocités ont-elles pu se produire à une telle échelle et sur ce qu’il Read more…
Separation between religions and States
The Curse of Having an Argentine Pope
The Curse of Having an Argentine Pope Fernando Lozada (English Translation: David Rand) When on March 13th members of the Vatican College of Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church, we Argentines who work for a secular state knew that we could expect a Read more…
Denounce crimes of priests
IAFT PRESS RELEASE: The Catholic Church Must Answer for the Actions of its Clergy
The International Association of Freethought demands that responsibles and accomplices to sexual crimes perpetrated by Catholic Church answer for their acts A French judge is investigating the “failure to report a crime” after the alleged victims of priest Bernard Preynat said top officials in the Catholic diocese of Lyon, including Read more…