“Don’t touch the bodies”: Congo volunteers race to stop Ebola spreading
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have set out on foot and motorbike to teach Ebola safety in a drive aid agencies say could be key to containing a deadly outbreak. Community workers are racing to trace contacts of those infected by the virus and relay information to the […]
APPS: ‘ENTER THE ROOM’
DAVID ADAMS experiences the Red Cross’ new augmented reality app, Enter the Room…
India tea workers live in ‘appalling’ conditions on $2 a day, says report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women working on tea plantations in northeast India earn a “pitiful” $US2 a day and live in “appalling” conditions with almost no toilets, according to a report released on Tuesday. The investigation by the British charity Traidcraft Exchange found workers in the tea-growing state of Assam were paid 137 rupees ($US2) a […]
World and European Baptist leaders issue statement expressing concern over Gaza violence
Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance and the European Baptist Federation have issued a joint statement expressing “grave concern” over the violence in Gaza last week. Almost 60 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured when Israeli soldiers fired into protestors who had massed on the Gaza border early last week. The UN Human Rights Council […]
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…
Salvation Army urges Australian Government to increase allowance for job seekers
The Salvation Army in Australia is urging the Federal Government to increase its Newstart allowance for job seekers after research revealed the average recipient is living on just $17 a day after accommodation expenses. The results of the 2018 Economic and Social Impact Survey of 1267 people who call on Salvation Army services also found that […]
ESSAY: FRANCIS CARDINALS MAKE UP ALMOST HALF OF ELECTORS OF NEXT POPE
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…
CONVERSATIONS: NERIDAH MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF ETHICAL FASHION MARKETPLACE THREAD HARVEST
DAVID ADAMS chats with Neridah Morris, director of Australian-based online ethical fashion marketplace Thread Harvest, about fashion, faith – and Holy Spirit encouragement…
Catholic Archbishop of Delhi calls for prayer in run-up to 2019 elections
World Watch Monitor The Catholic Archbishop of Delhi’s call for a ‘prayer campaign’ in India, made ahead of next year’s elections, has been criticised by the governing party. In a circular to all Catholic churches in the capital, dated 8th May, Archbishop Anil Couto asked for a weekly day of fasting “for the nation”, Indian […]