The origin of a religious, political dialogue in Kazakhstan The congress, which, since its establishment in 2003 at the initiative of Kazakhstan’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev ...

Religion in Soviet Kazakhstan The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the imperial government, ushered in a period of severe anti-religious persecution . Most churches and mosques were ...

Kazakhstan seeks to position itself as a promoter of ‘spiritual diplomacy’ with initiatives such as the Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions. Despite its efforts ...

BACKGROUND Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, religiosity has resurged in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. However, since the late 1990s, research on religion’s impact on contraceptive use and differences ...

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP ... conference in Kazakhstan could imply papal endorsement of a “supermarket of religions.” Francis delivered the closing speech to the Kazakh government ...

The Muslim Council of Elders took part in a panel discussion organised by the International Centre for Interfaith and ...

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — Pope Francis on Sept. 14 warned against the perversion of religion by power and corruption, telling a global gathering of interfaith leaders that "authentic religiosity ...

Astana (AsiaNews) - In recent years the number of Kazakhstan citizens who are adhering to the shamanic religion of Tengrism, of medieval Turkish-Mongolian ethnic origin, has been growing.

NUR-SULTAN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Pope Francis wrapped up a trip to Kazakhstan on Thursday as ... calling them "a supermarket of religions" that diminished the status of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis will be traveling to Kazakhstan, a country nestled between Russia and China, on Tuesday for a “pilgrimage of dialogue and peace,” as he attends a summit of global religious leaders.

Catholics in Kazakhstan number around 125,000 in the ... among other things, said that all religions are "willed by God.” Some Catholic critics say the idea could lead to relativism that would ...

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP ... conference in Kazakhstan could imply papal endorsement of a “supermarket of religions.” Francis delivered the closing speech to the Kazakh government ...