Wilton Gregory installed as new Catholic Archbishop of Washington
Washington, DCRNS The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Washington installed Wilton Gregory as its archbishop on Tuesday, ushering in a new era for a community marred by recent scandals involving sex abuse. Gregory, who most recently served as the Archbishop of Atlanta, embarked on his new ministry during a Mass held Tuesday afternoon at Washington’s Basilica […]
Australian rugby players’ union to conduct ‘faith’ review in wake of Folau sacking
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s Rugby Union Players’ Association will convene a “faith review” to establish clearer guidelines for religious expression in the wake of Israel Folau’s sacking. Former Wallabies fullback Folau, a fundamentalist Christian, had his four-year contract terminated last week for a social media post that said hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers” and others. Rugby […]
GREENSIGHT: ‘QETSACH’ OR CUMIN
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at Biblical references to ‘qetsach’, identified as cumin…
Catholic priest murdered in El Salvador
A Catholic priest was murdered in El Salvador on the weekend, according to reports. Catholic news agencies reported that 35-year-old Fr Cecilio Perez Cruz was shot dead in his home by a person presumed to be a gang member. His body, with three bullet wounds, was found in his room early Saturday morning. A note left […]
Rising heat scorches recovery efforts in cyclone-hit Indian state
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation From the safety of a relative’s house, Mohammed Tazmul Hussein watched coconut trees crashing onto the roof of his home as Cyclone Fani barrelled into eastern India. Two weeks after the cyclone struck Odisha state on India’s east coast, travelling at 200kph and forcing the evacuation of more than one million […]
UK appoints first international human rights ambassador
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain appointed its first international ambassador for human rights on Monday to support its work in the United Nations and promote its campaigns around the world. Rita French will be based in Geneva and will focus on issues including modern slavery, media freedom and rights of religious expression, the government said. “Ambassador […]
FREEDOM AND ORCHESTRAS
I’ve been suggesting that true freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want, but rather choosing to obey God. To do good! PICTURE: Samuel Sianipar/Unsplash Let me give you another example – the orchestra! If each musician did whatever they want, I can’t imagine that anyone would go along to hear them. It would be a […]
WATER: AS RAINS FALL SHORT, MANILA TRICKLES INTO A CRISIS
MATT BLOMBERG reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation…
North Korean women tell of slavery and gang rape in Chinese cybersex dens
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls – some as young as nine – are being trafficked into sexual slavery in China as they try to flee poverty and oppression in their homeland, experts on the reclusive state said on Monday. The sexual exploitation of North Koreans generates at least […]
ESSAY: PRO-LIFE LAWS ARE NEEDED – BUT THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH
US pastor and author – and pro-life advocate – MICAH FRIES, in an article first published by Religion News Service, calls for pro-life Christians to put aside their political divisions…