Ex-Vatican treasurer awaits decision after appeal hearing over child sex offence conviction
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Jailed former Vatican treasurer George Pell will find out within weeks whether his conviction on child sex offences stands, is overturned or he has to face another trial after prosecutors on Thursday urged an Australian court to reject his appeal. Pell was sentenced in March to six years in jail after a jury […]
Folau launches legal action against Rugby Australia
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Rubgy player Israel Folau launched legal proceedings against Rugby Australia over the termination of his contract on Thursday, casting the action as the pursuit of his “right to religious freedom”. Folau, a fundamentalist Christian, was sacked by Rugby Australia and his Super Rugby club New South Wales Waratahs last month for a post […]
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A sweet deal? Study shows higher cocoa prices could end child labour in Ghana
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Ghana could end child labour on cocoa farms by increasing the prices it pays impoverished farmers by about 50 per cent, a US study said on Wednesday, as global efforts to end child labour stall. Paying just three per cent more at the farm gate could stop children in Ghana doing the […]
Converts, pastors threatened with death as Gospel meetings banned in Uganda town
Morning Star News Police have banned evangelistic events in a town in western Uganda following open-air preaching in which many Muslims put their faith in Christ, sources have told Morning Star News. Churches in Bwera, on Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, held a joint evangelistic event amid the large Muslim population […]
US: HOW CHURCHES ARE WIPING OUT MILLIONS IN MEDICAL DEBTS
In an article first published by Kaiser Health News, ROXIE HAMMILL looks at how US churches are helping people pay off medical debts…
On Normandy’s beaches, leaders and veterans recall sacrifice of D-Day
Omaha Beach, FranceReuters Western leaders and ageing veterans gather on the shores of France on Thursday in a second day of events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied amphibious assault that opened the way for western Europe’s liberation from Hitler’s forces. An hour after sunrise, at 7:26am, a lone piper will play atop […]
ESSAY: TO SAVE OUR POLITICS, WE NEED NEW WAYS TO THINK AND SPEAK ABOUT ABORTION
Writing for the US context in an article first published on Religion News Service, academic and author CHARLES C CAMOSY argues for better ways of communicating when it comes to the issue of abortion…
WOW!: EBOLA LISTENING PROJECTS TAKE CUES FROM COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE RESPONSE
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on an initiative which could provide insights into communities affected by Ebola…
In the US, Southern Baptist seminary denies request for reparations
RNS Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, which released a report last year about its connections to slavery, has denied a request from an interracial ministers coalition to financially support a nearby black college as a form of reparations. EmpowerWest, a coalition of black and white pastors in Louisville, Kentucky, where the seminary is located, recently contacted school officials […]