SNAPSHOT: ‘WALZING WALLABIES’, TRINITY BEACH, AUSTRALIA
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US slavery victims denied compensation by courts – study
New York, USThomson Reuters Foundation Most human trafficking victims in the United States are not getting any compensation from their convicted captors, and the number of those awarded payment is shrinking, experts said on Thursday. Although trafficking victims are entitled by law to compensation, judges ordered perpetrators to pay in only 27 per cent of […]
London’s Westminster Abbey unveils new window celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s reign
Iconic London landmark Westminster Abbey has unveiled a new stained glass window celebrating the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and designed by world renowned artist David Hockney. Artist David Hockney with The Queen’s Window. PICTURE: Alan Williams/Westminster Abbey The brightly coloured window, Hockney’s first work in stained glass, features a country scene in what the […]
Families of people held hostage in Iran unite to call for action
Thomson Reuters Foundation The families of people detained in Iran on false charges joined forces for the first time on Wednesday to call on world leaders meeting in New York to help bring their relatives home. The wives, sisters and children of people held hostage by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said the world must not […]
CATHOLIC CHURCH: IN SHOW OF CONTRITION, US DIOCESES BEGIN A LONG ROAD OF HEALING
YONAT SHIMRON and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report…
For deaf Tanzanians, places to worship are rare
Bagamoyo, TanzaniaRNS On a recent Sunday morning, Isaac Mbaga met with two friends to worship in his house in this town on the east side of the country’s major port city, Dar es Salaam. As they began their worship service with songs, the three – all of whom are deaf – danced and signed along […]
ESSAY: WHY ATHEISTS ARE NOT AS RATIONAL AS SOME LIKE TO THINK
In an article first published on The Conversation, LOIS LEE, a research fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kent, argues that scientific evidence does not tend to support the idea that atheism is about rational thought and belief in God about existential fulfilments…
Colombian pastor murdered as killings continue despite peace deal
World Watch Monitor A pastor was murdered outside his home in central northwest Colombia earlier this month after he refused to help members of a neo-paramilitary group with transport, reports advocacy group CSW. Hundreds of church leaders were assassinated in the 50 years of armed conflict between Colombia’s government and main rebel group, FARC-EP, but the 2016 peace agreement has […]