Swedes ditch glitzy Xmas ads to guide homeless to shelter
Thomson Reuters Foundation As freezing temperatures grip the Swedish capital, dozens of downtown billboards have swapped commercial ad content for directions guiding the homeless to their nearest shelter. Stockholm opens emergency shelters when temperatures fall below minus seven degrees Celsius, but information about their location and the backup services on offer often fails to reach […]
THE INTERVIEW: PHIL VISCHER, VEGGIETALES CREATOR
It’s 25 years since VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer had his “big idea”. He speaks to BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, about what he’s learned along the way…
Cutting of burial cross in public cemetery in Indonesia “against constitution” say church leaders
World Watch Monitor The removal of a cross on the grave of a Catholic before he could be buried in an Indonesian public cemetery has been condemned by the country’s church leaders, reports the Catholic news agency UCAN. Albertus Slamet Sugihardi died in the village of Purbayan, in the province of Central Java. His funeral was […]