Europe’s food waste is ‘a scandal’, says agency chief
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Europe’s high levels of food waste are an ethical scandal at a time when hundreds of millions of people around the world are going hungry, the head of the region’s food safety watchdog said on Friday. European Union lawmakers have campaigned to slash food waste in the bloc, which currently throws […]
History of slaves sold for US Catholic-run university detailed in new genealogical website
RNS A genealogical association has launched a new website detailing the family histories of slaves who were sold to keep Catholic-run Georgetown University from bankruptcy in the 1800s. American Ancestors announced the new GU272 Memory Project website on 19th June, the anniversary of Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when some American slaves learned they had […]
THE INTERVIEW: JENNIFER BERRY HAWES, REPORTER-TURNED-AUTHOR
ADELLE M BANKS of Religion News Service, speaks with Jennifer Berry Hawes about her new book, Grace Will Lead Us Home, about the mass 2015 shooting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina…
European consumers back businesses supporting refugees
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation European consumers say they would be more likely to buy a product if it was sold by a business helping refugees, but most oppose companies lobbying for more to be allowed in, according to a study published on Thursday. Young consumers and women in particular favoured brands that aid refugees, according to […]
New video captures sexist comments to women ministers – read by male counterparts
RNS “I can’t concentrate on your sermon because you’re so pretty.” “You do a really good job. But I think Scripture is more meaningful if read with a male voice.” “I keep picturing you naked under your robe.” For female ministers in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, comments like these […]