FOOD: PROMISE OF AN EMPTY BOX – MINI PANTRIES BRING FREE FOOD, SOLIDARITY TO US STREETS
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a grassroots movement in the US which is providing those in need 24 hour access to food and other basic necessities they may not normally be able to afford…
Final Amazon synod document expected to mention female deacons
Vatican CityRNS As word spread that the final document of the Amazon synod will include recommendations about the ordination of women to the diaconate, bishops involved in the synod have taken a stand asking for more female participation and leadership in the Catholic Church. “The participation of women in society and in the church is […]
ESSAY: SYRIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY ARE THERE TO STAY, AT LEAST FOR NOW
In an article first published on The Conversation, SHELLEY INGLIS, executive director of the University of Dayton Human Rights Center in the US, looks at the situation facing Syrian refugees currently living in Turkey against the backdop of Turkish incursion into northern Syria…