WOW! ITALIAN CARDBOARD TENT FOR THE HOMELESS GETS VIRAL BOOST
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Kenyan faith leaders condemn Nairobi attack as al-Shabaab takes responsibility
RNS Kenyan faith leaders have joined to condemn a terrorist attack in Nairobi that has left at least 21 people dead. Police say six armed militants stormed into Dusit D2, an upscale business complex in the typically calm Westlands area, on Tuesday. Flames and plumes of black smoke were seen billowing from the parking area […]
Lack of papers endangers Venezuelan children in Brazil
Thomson Reuters Foundation Fleeing poverty and hunger, at least 1,000 Venezuelan children arrived at Brazil’s main entry point unaccompanied by parents or without proper documents in the last five months, according to a report obtained by Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday. Some 52 per cent of those who arrived at the border city of Paracaima, […]
STRANGESIGHTS: AN EGG-CELLENT RECORD; THE GOOD LIFE FOR TINA AND LOUISE; AND, A LONG DISTANCE MISDIAL…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Finland’s state-issued baby boxes linked to worker abuses
Thomson Reuters Foundation The arrival of a baby box full of useful products is a rite of passage for expectant Finnish parents – but they are tainted by abuse of workers creating many of the goodies inside, said a campaign group on Tuesday. More than a quarter of products from the government-issued boxes, where sourcing […]
DEMENTIA: “WHAT IF I FORGET ABOUT GOD?”
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the intersection of faith and dementia…
Church shut, priests evicted from Coptic church in Egypt after mob gathered – reports
Morning Star News Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend, according to reports. Muslim villagers in Manshiyet Zaafarna, Minya Governorate, attacked the church of Mar-Giris (St George) at 1:30pm on Friday, after mosque noon prayers, according to a statement […]
ESSAY: ARE US CHURCHES WILLING TO LOVE THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE MORE THAN THEIR POLITICS?
In an article first published by Religion News Service, SCOTT MCCONNELL, executive director of US firm LifeWay Research, looks at the findings of a new survey showing an increasing number of young people citing politics as the reason they left the church…