POSTCARDS: FROM BITCOINS TO TOMATOES – ALL CHANGE IN GEORGIA AFTER CURRENCY SLUMP
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Georgia…
US woman says strict Christian parents subjected her to FGM
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation An American woman from a strict white Christian community has told how her parents forced her to undergo female genital mutilation as a child – a highly unusual case which activists said could lead to similar stories coming to light. Jennifer said she had decided to tell her story after launching a […]
Ronnie Floyd, US megachurch pastor and Trump advisor, nominated for key SBC post
RNS Former Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd has been nominated to lead the US denomination’s executive committee, based in Nashville, Tennessee. An Arkansas megachurch pastor who serves as part of President Trump’s unofficial group of faith advisors, Floyd would succeed former executive committee President Frank Page, who resigned last year due to an “inappropriate […]
Ghana tackles floods, waste and pollution with Accra resilience plan
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ghana plans to replace its polluting “trotro” buses and formalise waste collection in slums as part of a new plan to help its crowded capital withstand climate change and disasters. The West African country on Thursday became the second in the region after Senegal to launch a plan to help its […]
Pope Francis speaks out over building of walls following visit to Morocco
Pope Francis has again spoken out against the building of walls as US President Donald Trump presses ahead with his bid to build a “wall” along the US-Mexico border. Speaking on the papal plane following a two day visit to Morocco, the Pope reportedly said that those who prefer to build walls instead of bridges […]
THEOLOGY: IN NEW BOOK, RICHARD ROHR SAYS “UNIVERSAL CHRIST” CHANGES EVERYTHING
CATHLEEN FALSANI, of Religion News Service, speaks to Richard Rohr about his new book, ‘The Universal Christ’…
US Gospel choirs try to build racial harmony through song
St Louis, USRNS Emi Belciak teaches third grade in a tough part of suburban St Louis, where she says her students are exposed to more violence than any child should be. The school where Belciak teaches is just three miles from the site in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was killed. Five years have passed, […]
ESSAY: TAKING STOCK OF THE CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS – HOLDING BISHOPS ACCOUNTABLE
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, continues his look at how the Catholic Church should respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis…