WOW!: BOAT MADE OF FLIP-FLOPS FLIES FLAG FOR CLEANER AFRICAN SEAS
WESLEY LANGAT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the voyage of the ‘Flipflopi’…
As people flee wars, disaster, countries lose ‘billions’
Thomson Reuters Foundation People fleeing war, natural disasters or violence within their own countries could be costing countries a combined $US13 billion a year, a new study released on Wednesday revealed. The yearly financial losses ranged from $US174 in Somalia to $US451 in the Central African Republic, said researchers at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre […]
George Washington’s faith under scrutiny after sale of “God letter”
RNS The sale of a 230-year-old letter in which America’s first president speaks of “Providence” guiding the fledgling republic’s affairs has rekindled interest in how George Washington saw religion, a subject long debated among scholars, supporters and sceptics. The letter, which came on the market Monday, was sold at the asking price of $US140,000 to […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘TUDDER’ HELPING BOVINES CONNECT; FLUFFY SURVIVES THE BIG FREEZE; AND A HAND-WASHING SCANDAL…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Almost half of practicing Christian millennials in the US believe evangelism is wrong, according to Barna research
Almost half of practicing Christian millennials in the US believe evangelism is wrong, according to Barna Group research. Data from an Alpha USA-commissioned report, Reviving Evangelism, found that almost all practicing Christians believe being a witness about Jesus is part of their faith and that the best thing that could ever happen to some is […]
“Alarm” over climate change in US doubles in five years – poll
Thomson Reuters Foundation The proportion of Americans found to be “alarmed” by climate change has doubled in five years, the pollsters behind a nationwide survey revealed on Tuesday. Twenty-nine percent of respondents to the poll conducted last December by Yale and George Mason universities were in the alarmed category – an all-time high – and […]
New standard released to help prevent hearing loss due to exposure to loud music on personal devices
More than a billion 12 to 25-year-olds are risking irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds such as music played on smartphones and other personal devices, UN health experts have warned as they released a new standard to help tackle the problem. From the cover of the new standard. The joint World Health Organization-International […]
THE INTERVIEW: MERVYN THOMAS, CEO OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCACY CSW
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Mervyn Thomas, chief executive of UK-based religious freedom advocacy, CSW…
Global count finds cases of child soldiers more than doubling
Thomson Reuters Foundation The number of child soldiers, especially girls, found being recruited around the world has risen dramatically in recent years, as armed conflicts that target children have intensified, a leading agency said on Tuesday. Instances of girls found used by armed groups jumped fourfold last year from the year before to nearly 900, […]
ESSAY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S US SEMINARIES NEED REFORM
Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, calls for change in the Catholic Church’s US seminaries…