GOOD FRIDAY
Remembering the sacrifice of Jesus Christ this Good Friday…
NOTRE DAME: HOLY WEEK SERVICES GO ON DESPITE FIRE
TOM HENEGAN reports from Paris for Religion News Service…
Ban the bunny: California aims to end post-Easter parade of unwanted rabbits
New YorkReuters Californians can eat chocolate bunnies and snuggle plush Peter Cottontail dolls to their heart’s content this Easter. But those who want to buy a live bunny as an Easter gift won’t find them for sale at pet stores this year after California became the first US state to pass a law aimed at […]
A SUSTAINABLE LIFE: EASTER EGGS – HUNTING FOR A SOLUTION TO EXCESSIVE PACKAGING
In an article first published on The Conversation, ELLIOT WOOLLEY, of Loughborough University in the UK, looks at how to tackle the problem of Easter egg packaging…
ESSAY: ‘YES, BUT WHAT IF IT’S TRUE?’
This Easter, Sight is publishing a poster on social media which asks the question, “what if it’s true?” Sight’s ANN WOJCZUK explains where the idea for the poster came from…
YES, BUT WHAT IF IT’S TRUE?
My dear friends, This life is not mere experience of biological fact. We all live, whether in acknowledgement of a Creator or not, immersed in the reality and mystery of being. We live in beauty and ugliness, in love and hatred, good and evil. We live in circumstance and choice. Our very individual place in […]
Catholic charity awarded for aid given to suffering Christians
Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need has been awarded the 2019 Path to Peace Award in recognition of its peace-making efforts. The award is presented annually by the Path to Peace Foundation – a collaboration with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations – in honour of an […]
Catholics join with Church of England in joint submission to UK’s review of government support for persecuted Christians
Catholics and the Church of England have made a joint submission to an independent review of the UK’s support for persecuted Christians around the world. The review, which was launched earlier this year, is charged with examining the role the country’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office plays in supporting suffering Christians and, according to its chair Philip […]
MEXICO: CUTS OR CLOSURES? SAFETY FEARS LOOM FOR WOMEN AT TRAFFICKING SHELTERS
CHRISTINE MURRAY, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Mexico…
Despite scandal, St Thomas Christians in Kerala aren’t going anywhere
Kochi, IndiaRNS On a hot Sunday morning as high Mass let out at St Thomas Kottakavu Church, Niya Francis, 24, found her shoes among a sea of sandals left outside the church doorway and joined her fellow catechism teachers as they headed to class in a small building next door. Teaching her faith has been […]