Citing inclusion of LGBT clerics, Anglican bishops in Africa to shun Lambeth Conference
Nairobi, KenyaRNS As disputes over homosexuality continue to stir within the worldwide Anglican Communion, conservative African bishops say they will boycott a decennial gathering of top clerics next summer unless what the Africans consider Godly order is restored. After delaying the Lambeth Conference, normally held once a decade, for two years, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin […]
STRANGESIGHTS: PILLOWS THROWN IN UNSUAL CHAMPIONSHIP; POLICE CREDIT “HOLY SPIRIT” WITH SAVING DRIVER FROM FINE; AND, MALWARE LAPTOP SELLS FOR $US1.3 MILLION
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Political chaos results in fall of Papua New Guinea PM
Updated at 5.20pmSydney, AustraliaReuters Prime Minister Peter O’Neill quit on Wednesday after losing the confidence of parliament during weeks of political turmoil in the South Pacific nation, but government supporters in parliament hoped to be able to retain power. O’Neill was met with applause when he announced to parliament in Port Moresby that he had […]
As drought persists, Australia restricts water use in populous state
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales on Tuesday imposed water restrictions for the first time in a decade with dam levels at just over 50 per cent due to a prolonged drought. The country’s east coast has suffered through two years of below average rainfall, devastating agricultural production and stoking a […]
Quick facts – From marriage to murder, one in four robbed of childhood globally
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of children who are married, pregnant, labourers, die violently or miss out on school has fallen by almost 30 per cent to 690 million since 2000, when nations endorsed global development goals, the charity Save the Children said on Tuesday. Singapore, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Slovenia topped the rankings of […]
CHAPLAINCY: US HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS STICK TO THE HEART OF THE JOB AMID HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
AMANDA ABRAMS, writing for Religion News Service, reports on the work of hospital chaplains in the US…
Religious freedom top of re-elected Australian Government’s agenda, says Attorney-General
Religious freedom will be at the top of the Australian Government’s agenda in the 46th Parliament, Attorney-General Christian Porter has told The West Australian newspaper. Speaking ahead of being sworn in as part of the new government on Wednesday, Porter said one of the first acts of the re-elected government would be putting a religious […]
ESSAY: EQUITY IN THE US REQUIRES NEW TAXES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CURRENT LAWS
US columnist THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, argues in favour of improving US tax laws and the powers of the Internal Revenue Service to enforce them…
Pope denies prior knowledge of now expelled US cardinal McCarrick’s sexual misconduct
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has denied he knew about sexual misconduct by former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick before the start of church investigations that found him guilty. McCarrick, once one of the most powerful men in the US Catholic hierarchy, was expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood in February after he was found guilty of […]