School for missionary children in Japan investigating allegations of past abuse
RNS The Christian Academy in Japan, a suburban Tokyo school founded in 1950 as a boarding school for the children of Christian missionaries, is investigating 66 cases of alleged past abuse of students at the school spanning decades. Those allegations include faculty physically and sexually abusing students mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, though a […]
CROSSING GENERATIONAL BOUNDARIES: ‘NUNS & NONES’ HELPS MILLENNIALS FIND SURPRISE SOULMATES IN CATHOLIC SISTERS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Grand Rapids, Michigan…
More breastfeeding could save the world $US1 billion every day
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Not enough breastfeeding costs the global economy almost $US1 billion each day due to lost productivity and healthcare costs, researchers said on Friday, as health experts urged more support for nursing mothers. A new website developed by researchers in Canada and Asia showed that the world could have saved $US341 […]
With more migrants stalled in Mexico, Baptists may play larger role on border
RNS As the director of disaster relief for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and a former resident of the border region himself, Scottie Stice and his colleagues have spent years giving aid to migrants along the US-Mexico border. But these days, said the Texan, “We have had an increase in numbers.” Migrants from various […]