Breaking: US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
RNS The US Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries in a 5-4 decision, arguing it is within the executive branch’s power to “suspend entry of aliens into the United States.” “The President has lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him…to suspend the […]
Catholic Church supports abolition of death penalty in Korea
South Korean Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung says the Catholic Church supports calls for the abolition of the death penalty in the country. Catholic news agency Agenzia Fides reports that cardinal, who is the Archbishop of Seoul, has welcomed a campaign led by the National Human Rights Commission which aims to officially abolish the death penalty. “For […]
US Presbyterians demur on divestment from fossil fuels
RNS For the third time in a row, the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly decided against divesting from companies invested in fossil fuels. Instead, delegates passed a resolution at the biennial meeting of the PCUSA last week in St Louis asking the denomination’s Mission Responsibility Through Investment committee to continue engagement with corporations that produce or heavily consume fossil […]
“Sea change” needed to achieve goal of ending child marriage by 2030
Thomson Reuters Foundation A “sea change” is needed to achieve a global goal of ending child marriage by 2030, campaigners said ahead of a major meeting on Monday aimed at stopping the practice. Some 12 million girls a year are married before the age of 18 with often devastating consequences for their health and education, […]
US: ‘POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN’ ENDS WITH VOWS TO KEEP ORGANISING AND PROTESTING
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the conclusion of the Poor People’s Campaign in the US – and plans for the next steps…
Malnutrition the “challenge of our time”, say award winners
Thomson Reuters Foundation Malnutrition is the “challenge of our time”, with diet-related disease afflicting almost every country in the world, the winners of a $US250,000 prize dubbed the Nobel for agriculture said on Monday. David Nabarro and Lawrence Haddad, who were jointly awarded this year’s World Food Prize, are jointly credited with cutting the number of stunted […]
ESSAY: DONALD TRUMP’S SPACE FORCE – THE DANGEROUS MILITARISATION OF OUTER SPACE
In an article first published on The Conversation, GBENGA ODUNTAN, of the University of Kent, says US President Donald Trump’s pans for a militarised “Space Force” is concerning and should be subject to the “fiercest scrutiny”…
DON’T GIVE IN!
I recently spent a week at day camp with 250 kids. Confrontation? Paul Clark says giving in to young children when they throw a tantrum will simply mean more tantrums. PICTURE: Jelleke Vanooteghem/Unsplash It soon becomes obvious which kids are used to getting their own way. When a child is told ‘no’, some throw a ‘wobbly’ […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WHEN BEING A ‘CHRISTIAN’ MAKES YOU LESS CHRIST-LIKE
NILS VON KALM reflects on what being a Christian is really all about…
Christian converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups in East Africa – study
RNS Christians who convert to Islam in East African countries often become targets for recruitment by extremist groups such as the Islamic State and al-Shabaab, the al-Qaida affiliate in East Africa. Such is one finding in a June report from PeaceTech Lab, a Washington, DC, nonprofit that works to reduce violent conflict using technology. The report comes at […]