Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne did not plan on becoming a leading authority on religious freedom — his academic specialty is the sociology of new religious movements. But the precarious status of ...

*This column was originally written as a letter to the editor of the Italian daily "Il Foglio." It is translated and reprinted here with permission.To the director:The reactions to the interview with ...

Dr. Massimo Introvigne, an official who combats racism and discrimination for the Vienna-based Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, discussed the situation of contemporary Christianity ...

CHRISTIANS are the most persecuted religious group in the world with more than 90,000 killed in 2016 because of their faith, a leading religious study group director has claimed. Speaking on Vatican ...

A delegation of human rights experts from Europe and the US met with Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫?) yesterday, before visiting the office of the Taipei Times. The delegation is led by Italian ...

Disease outbreak has had a ‘dramatic’ effect, according to Italian Catholic sociologist Massimo Introvigne. A worker produces protective face masks at a factory in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong ...

Academics say the number is expected to continue to rise as migrants from Africa and the Middle East continue to arrive. Sociologist Massimo Introvigne, director of the Centre for New Religions ...