OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: SAVED FOR THE “GOOD WORKS” ALREADY PREPARED
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his look at Ephesians chapter with verses eight to 13…
Pope names new economic chief to succeed disgraced cardinal
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Thursday named the Vatican’s new economy minister to succeed Cardinal George Pell, who is appealing a conviction in his native Australia for sexually assaulting two teenaged choir boys. The post, formally known as Prefect for the Secretariat of the Economy, has been vacant since Pell took leave of absence in […]
Uighur activist calls for action to stop China spying on ethnic minorities
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation World leaders must take a tougher line on China’s use of high-tech surveillance to monitor and crackdown on its ethnic minorities, a Uighur activist urged on Thursday, after his mother was detained and then imprisoned. More than one million Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in massive complexes built in […]
Commonwealth leaders urged to pass laws protecting workers from slavery
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation World leaders should take aim at modern slavery in corporate supply chains at a global summit next year, labour rights activists said on Wednesday, calling for laws to compel companies to tackle worker exploitation in their operations. Speaking at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual Trust Conference, experts urged heads of the […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update – Stryper’s Michael Sweet launches solo tour in Australia
Michael Sweet, Stryper frontman, who is on a solo tour in Australia. Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
In depth – Chicago suburb seeks to block church’s winter homeless shelter
RNS Last month, Hope Covenant Church opened the first homeless shelter in Chicago’s affluent suburban Village of Orland Park in more than three decades. With temperatures dipping down near the single digits, the seasonal shelter has housed between 15 and 50 people one night every week, including a toddler and local public high school students. […]
Mobile theatres to screen child slavery film in rural India
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A film about a boy trafficked to work in a carpet factory is to be screened in remote Indian villages to raise awareness about child slavery among families often targeted by human traffickers. Due to be released on Thursday, Jhalki tracks a nine-year-old girl’s struggle to find her younger brother after […]
The cost to stop women dying in childbirth by 2030? 46 military aircraft
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Countries need about $US264 billion – the equivalent cost of 110 military aircraft – to end maternal deaths, gender based violence, child marriage, and provide family planning to all women by 2030, said a United Nations study. An investment of $US115.5 billion – which is equivalent to the cost of 46 […]
BANGLADESH: AS LIGHTNING STRIKES SURGE, PLANTING USED TO REDUCE RISKS
Lightning strikes killed around 360 people in Bangladesh last year. AZM ANAS, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to reduce the death toll using fast-growing palm trees…
At the Vatican, big-tech and interfaith groups team up to protect minors on the web
Vatican CityRNS A coalition of big-tech companies and institutions meeting at the Vatican starting Thursday seeks to create a safe environment for children on the internet through cooperation and concrete actions. The international and interreligious conference, “Promoting Digital Child Dignity: From Concept to Action,” was organised to combat the multiplying risks and challenges of the […]