Hello? Indigenous Maori have words with Air New Zealand over trademark of phrase
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation It’s a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against the national airline, after it sought to trademark a logo with the words “kia ora”. Air New Zealand said the logo with the phrase – which means “good health” […]
Mapping project seeks to secure ‘invisible’ Indigenous lands
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation An online project mapping all of the world’s indigenous lands will help secure legal rights, and alert communities to the potential threats of illegal logging and mining, land and Indigenous rights groups said on Friday. LandMark is compiling maps from dozens of Indigenous organisations for its website – which it claims to […]
Duke University’s student government rejects Young Life over LGBTQ policies
RNS Duke University’s student government has denied the Christian organisation Young Life official status as a student group on campus, citing its policy on sexuality. The decision by the Duke Student Government Senate on Wednesday comes amid ongoing clashes nationwide between religious student groups and colleges and universities that have added more robust non-discrimination policies. […]
Ukrainian Greek Catholics wrap up synod and leave Rome with a mission
Vatican CityRNS When 12 Greek Catholic bishops from Ukraine met with the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, the retired pontiff invited them to be a force for unity in today’s “increasingly fractured and divided world”. Benedict, and other Vatican leaders, had a particular part of the world in mind. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of […]
THE INTERVIEW: REV TIMOTHY STEWART, BAPTIST LEADER FINDS DEVASTATION AND RESILIENCE IN THE BAHAMAS AFTER HURRICANE DORIAN
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Timothy Stewart, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, after he visited the Bahamas island of Grand Bahamas this week…
Treasured Notre Dame tapestry restored after blaze
ParisReuters An ornate tapestry woven in the early 1800s and rescued from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire in April is going on public display for only the third time in recent decades. Donated to the cathedral in 1841 by King Louis-Philippe of France, the 25 metre long rug with its colourful […]
Lantern-waving Hong Kong protesters take to hills, as leader pledges housing reform
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters took to the hills to form flashlight-carrying human chains on Friday, using the colourful Mid-Autumn Festival as a backdrop to the latest in more than three months of sometimes violent demonstrations. The protests, on a day when families traditionally gather to gaze at the moon and eat mooncakes while […]