STRANGESIGHTS: ‘DAPHNE’ THE DUCK FOUND; A SCOTTISH THOR AND ULTRA-VIOLET; AND, A HIPPO IN MEXICO…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
ON THE SCREEN: REDEEMING MARY MAGDALENE
DAVID ADAMS watches Mary Magdalene…
Chibok parents celebrate release of Nigerian schoolgirls as hope for own daughters
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yana Galang was visiting Dapchi in northeast Nigeria to offer condolences to parents whose daughters were kidnapped by Boko Haram when people started to shout with excitement. Her own daughter, Rifkatu, is still missing nearly four years after she and over 200 of her classmates were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from […]
Survey: Protestant church diversity in US ‘heading in the right direction’
RNS More than four in five Protestant pastors say their congregations are predominantly made up of one racial or ethnic group. That 81 per cent figure is high, but it’s not as high as it was four years ago, according to a study published Tuesday by LifeWay Research. It was 86 per cent in a similar […]
CASTING THE NET: SCRIPTURE EARTH
DAVID ADAMS on a website that aims to help immigrant communities access Scriptures in their “heart language”…
Some 844 million people struggling to access clean water, says Water Aid
Some 844 million people are struggling to access clean water, according to revised figures from WaterAid. In its latest annual State of the World’s Water report, the organisation says the figure is 200 million higher than the previous number thanks to a change in the way the information is analysed with anything longer than a 30 […]
THE INTERVIEW: ‘RETHINKING INCARCERATION’ AUTHOR ON JUSTICE, RACE AND THE FACT JESUS WAS INCARCERATED
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with Dominique DuBois Gilliard, author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores, about the US criminal justice and the need for reform…
Myanmar is worst-performing country for aid access, as Rohingya refugees face monsoon threats
Thomson Reuters Foundation Myanmar tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past six months, the Geneva-based research group ACAPS has said. In examining 37 countries, ACAPS analysts considered nine indicators, including violence against humanitarian workers and restrictions preventing people from reaching aid. […]
ESSAY: I’M A MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC ACTIVIST – THAT SHOULDN’T SOUND STRANGE
JASON L MILLER, director of campaigns and development at the Franciscan Action Network in the US, calls for more Catholic millennials to get active about their faith…