THIS LIFE: UNPACKING YOUR TROUBLES
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in a story first published on ASSIST News Service, on the importance of being able to unburden your concerns…
UN says 2018 deadliest year yet for Syrian children, with 1,106 killed
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Last year was the deadliest yet for children in Syria, with more than 1,100 killed by fighting, the United Nations said on Monday, with the bloody conflict about to enter its ninth year. UN children’s agency UNICEF said it had been able to verify 1,106 child deaths from the fighting in […]
Kenyan archbishop denies Catholic Church accepts funds from corrupt politicians
Nairobi, KenyaRNS The Catholic Church in Kenya has refuted claims that it has been condoning corruption and allowing corrupt politicians to donate what they have stolen from public coffers to the church. Archbishop Philip Anyolo told Religion News Service that the church does not allow politicians or any suspected individuals to give their ill-gotten money […]
Death toll from Malawi flooding rises to 28, almost 227,000 people affected
Reuters The number of people killed in heavy rains and flooding in southern Malawi has risen to 28, an official said on Sunday, while the estimated number of people affected has roughly doubled. Chipiliro Khamula, a spokesman for Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management in the Ministry of Homeland Security, said that 28 deaths had been recorded as of […]
Peru’s first indigenous radio soap tells tales of “invisible” slavery
Thomson Reuters Foundation Lured by false promises of good jobs serving tourists or cleaning city apartments, Peru’s Indigenous women and girls often end up being sold for sex – a fate that the government said last week it hopes to avert through a new radio drama. Across Latin America, Indigenous women and girls from poor […]
US CHURCHES: WHEN HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE NOT JUST FOR WORSHIP
GREGG BREKKE reports for Religion News Service on how churches in the US are partnering with non-profits and other external organisations in using their buildings for much more than Sunday services…
UK petition calls for investigation into police training after street preacher arrested
UK-based rights organisation Christian Concern has launched a petition calling for the Home Secretary Sajid Javid to launch an investigation into the training police are given to ensue they protect freedom of speech following the arrest of a street preacher in London last month. A still from the video showing Oluwole Ilesanmi’s arrest. Oluwole Ilesanmi was […]