Berkeley Political Review

France’s Ban on Religious Symbols Violates Free Expression

France, a nation with a history entangled with the church and fraught with religious conflict, has become staunchly secularist in modern politics, prompting a decades-long political controversy over the existence of Islamic symbols in public schools.  On September 4, 67 girls were sent home from French public schools after refusing to remove their abayas, a […]

Catholic Controversy on the Brink of Polish Elections

In March of this year, a documentary came out that presented new evidence to support the claims that former Pope John Paul II was aware of sexual abuse happening within the Catholic Church of Poland during his time as archbishop and chose to cover it up. The specific allegations claim that the late pope knew […]