POSTCARDS: LAUNDRY FOR THE HOMELESS REVEALS RUSSIAN SUSPICION OVER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
DARIA LITVINOVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Russia…
Surge in militant violence halts aid in Chad’s lake region – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation A surge in militant violence has forced several major aid agencies to suspend operations in part of western Chad, leaving tens of thousands of people without food and health services for weeks, the United Nations said on Friday. More than 150,000 people rely on aid to survive across the islands of Lake […]
CATHOLIC CHURCH: VATICAN SYNOD CALLS FOR WOMAN LEADERS “AT ALL LEVELS”; AVOIDS USING LGBT OR GAY
DAVID GIBSON, of Religion News Service, looks at some of the outcomes from the month-long Catholic Church’s Synod on Young People…
Updated: Pope Francis condemns “inhuman” attack on Pittsburgh synagogue
Last updated 12pm Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis on Sunday decried the deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack and prayed that God would help the world “extinguish the eruptions of hatred that are emerging in our societies”. A gunman, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, on Saturday stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in the historic Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill […]
Dozens of churches forced to close after registration denied in rebel-held region of Ukraine
World Watch Monitor Dozens of churches in the rebel-held Luhansk region of Ukraine have had to stop meeting after their registration applications were turned down by the authorities of the self-declared republic, reports Oslo-based news agency Forum 18. The deadline for religious communities to register, set for 15th October by the Luhansk People’s Republic, was […]
France to help formerly captive Yazidis after meeting with Nobel winner Murad
Thomson Ruters Foundation The president of France has agreed to take in 100 formerly enslaved Yazidi women after meeting with Nadia Murad, a survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, supporters said on Friday, saying the honour helps strengthen her fight for fellow Yazidis. France said it would help resettle the women who had been held […]