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US: DEMOCRAT SENATORS FUSE FAITH AND POLITICS IN APPEAL TO MAINLINE PREACHERS

US: DEMOCRAT SENATORS FUSE FAITH AND POLITICS IN APPEAL TO MAINLINE PREACHERS

JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how the political left of US politics recently made an "unusually direct appeal" to Christians...

REBOOTING FOOD: NEW WAYS TO FEED THE FUTURE, PART I

REBOOTING FOOD: NEW WAYS TO FEED THE FUTURE, PART I

In part one of two part special report from Thomson Reuters Foundation, THIN LEI WIN looks at how new technologies, science and just alternative ways of thinking are helping to shape the food of the future...

THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION: IN THE US, MORE SEMINARY STUDENTS LEAVE MASTER OF DIVINITY BEHIND

THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION: IN THE US, MORE SEMINARY STUDENTS LEAVE MASTER OF DIVINITY BEHIND

YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on why more people looking to be ministers are favouring a Master of Arts over a Master of Divinity at US seminaries...

ALGERIA: PROTESTANT CHURCHES CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO TREAT THEM FAIRLY

ALGERIA: PROTESTANT CHURCHES CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO TREAT THEM FAIRLY

World Watch Monitor reports on calls from Protestant churches to give them equal treatment...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE (HOLY) GHOST IN THE MACHINE - CATHOLIC THINKERS TACKLE THE ETHICS OF AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE (HOLY) GHOST IN THE MACHINE - CATHOLIC THINKERS TACKLE THE ETHICS OF AI

JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Catholic theologians are grappling with the issue of artificial intelligence...

The Statistic

28th May, 2018
Number of people reportedly killed in Bangladesh in a government anti-drug operation launched this month: At least 70
Source: BBC

 

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Moments

28th May, 2018
ON AGAIN?: The US-North Korean summit in Singapore after US and North Korean officials met in Panmunjom to prepare for the meeting.
FAILED: A bid to form a government in Italy after President Sergio Matarella vetoed PM-designate Giuseppe Conte's choice of economy minister leading to Mr Conte's withdrawal.
DENIED: That he has sexually assaulted any women, US actor Morgan Freeman, following claims of bad behaviour, saying "it is not right to equate horrific incidents of sexual assault with misplaced compliments or humour."

 

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Writing from the US, Jesuit priest, THOMAS REESE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, reflects on the outcome of the Irish referendum on abortion...

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Academic MAZ IDRISS, in an article first published on The Conversation, calls for greater support in the UK for victims of honour-based violence, both women and men...

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US-based Jesuit priest, THOMAS REESE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, takes a closer look at news Pope Francis will create 14 new cardinals next month...

They Said It

“There is no doubt that the state may lawfully engage in restrictions to protect public order, but a clear tipping point to exceptionality arises when counter-terrorism measures engage profound, sustained and potentially disproportionate effects on the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and civil liberties."
- Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN Special Rapporteur on the protection of human rights, in a statement on 23rd May in reference to new anti-terrorism laws passed in France last November which she warns may disproportionately stigmatize and further marginalize Muslim citizens.

 

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This Week on the Web

15th May, 2018
A former pastor from Melbourne, Morris Stuart moved with his wife Barbara to Alice Springs in 2006 and, while his wife painted, he decided to create a choir. It was the start of a remarkable musical journey which is now the subject of a documentary, The Song Keepers, and a recent episode of the ABC show, Australian Story. You can read Morris' story here...

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The Word Explained

28th May, 2018
Synod: An assembly of leading church delegates to make decisions on church affairs.

 

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