Indigenous bishop welcomes US decision to reroute oil pipeline
A North American indigenous bishop has welcomed a decision in the US which bars an oil pipeline from crossing into land “vital” to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Mark MacDonald, the World Council of Churches president for North America and national indigenous bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, said it was “good news, Gospel news, to […]
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US: SEMINARIES START BLACK LIVES MATTER COURSES
ADELLE M BANKS, in an article for Religion News Service, reports on moves to open classes on the Black Lives Matter movement in US seminaries…
Almost 100 dead in Indonesian province of Aceh following quake
Aid has begun to reach communities in Aceh after almost 100 people were killed and dozens of buildings destroyed when a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Indonesian province early Wednesday morning. Authorities have said at least 97 people died after the quake struck about 5am near the northern tip of Sumatra. Thousands of police and […]