Faith groups fear the end of refugee resettlement in the US
RNS Faith-based groups that help the US Government resettle refugees fear the future of their work is in jeopardy, after learning that the Trump administration is considering shutting down refugee resettlement for the coming fiscal year. That move, advocates say, would dismantle an already weakened – and largely religious – refugee resettlement infrastructure dedicated to […]
RELIGION IN SPACE: FROM APOLLO 8 TO SPACE IL – HOW SPACE TRAVELLERS HAVE TAKEN THEIR FAITH BEYOND THE EARTH
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, writing for Religion News Service, look at how Earth’s space explorers have expressed their faith in space…
Sudan urged to ensure justice for raped women protesters
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Sudanese women were a driving force during months of protests that ousted veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but the sexual violence they endured risks being forgotten with the signing of a power-sharing deal, women’s rights activists said this week. Action must be taken to address scores of rapes committed during a deadly […]
North American hymn society tournament reveals “greatest hymn of all time”
RNS Holy, Holy, Holy! has been chosen in a March Madness-like tournament as “the greatest hymn of all time”. The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada announced the winner on Thursday, the last day of its annual conference in Dallas. Eileen Guenther, church music professor at Washington’s Wesley Theological Seminary says the tournament […]