SIGHT-SEEING: ADVICE TO CHRISTIANS ON DEALING WITH FAMILY AT THANKSGIVING
In an article adapted for Religion News Service from his recent book ‘The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home’, RUSSELL MOORE, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, looks at how to show Christ in what can be tense family situations…
African clergy press pharmaceutical companies to close gap on child-HIV drugs
Nairobi, KenyaRNS As they committed to open churches and mosques to children with HIV and tuberculosis, Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya urged global pharmaceutical companies on Tuesday to manufacture more medicines that are friendly to children. The call came on Universal Children’s Day, established by the United Nations in 1954 to promote international awareness […]
Tens of thousands “left to starve” as Mali conflict escalates
Thomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in Mali since September are going hungry because funding has run out as the conflict has escalated, aid agencies said on Wednesday. The West African country has been a battleground of Islamist militants, ethnic militias and international troops since a rebel uprising was […]
ESSAY: THE IMPORTANCE OF JUDICIAL DISCRETION
Against the backdrop of a state election to be held this Saturday in the Australian state of Victoria, ROB STARY, of Melbourne-based criminal law firm Stary Norton Halphen, argues that measures with which restrict or remove judicial discretion are “inconsistent with the rule of law”…
STRANGESIGHTS: REDEFINING THE KILOGRAM; ISAK HEARTHSTONE SAVED; AND, THE CYBERSECURITY BOSS WHO’S NEVER USED A COMPUTER…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Quick facts – Murders of transgender people rising worldwide, say activists
Thomson Reuters Foundation Transgender people are suffering a spiral of “horrifying” violence worldwide, activists said ahead of an annual day of remembrance for victims on Tuesday aimed at raising awareness of transphobic hate crimes. Activists have identified at least 369 reports of trans people killed within the last 12 months, but said the true number […]
UN praises Chad and Uganda for integrating refugee pupils
Thomson Reuters Foundation More countries should educate refugees in national schools to help them integrate, the United Nations said on Tuesday, praising Chad and Uganda as poor countries setting an example. About four million child refugees were out of school in 2017, the UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, said, which meant they not only lost their […]
US WILDFIRES: INCHES FROM THE FLAMES, MALIBU CHURCH FACES UNCERTAINTY
CATHLEEN FALSANI, writing for Religion News Service, reports on how one Episcopal Church has weathered the storm…
More than 40 killed in attack on Catholic mission in CAR, say reports
More than 40 people were killed in a militia attack on a Catholic mission in the Central African Republic last week, it has emerged. The cathedral and surrounding buildings – which had been providing shelter for some 20,000 internally displaced people – as well as the bishop’s residence in the town of Alindao, about 300 […]
ESSAY: DOZENS OF MIGRANTS DISAPPEAR IN MEXICO AS CENTRAL AMERICAN CARAVAN PUSHES NORTHWARD
In an article first published on The Conversation, LUIS GÓMEZ ROMERO, of Australia’s University of Wollongong, takes a look at why members of the “human caravan” of Central American migrants may not wish to remain in Mexico…