LIFESTORY: THE US ARTIST AND ENTERPRENEUR CONNECTING MODERN ART TO ANCIENT FAITH
MEG CAPONE, in an article written for Religion Unplugged, speaks to artist Ned Bustard…
Study: Trump’s support among GOP, white evangelicals ‘remarkably stable’
RNS Donald Trump’s favourability ratings remained “remarkably stable” throughout 2019, with the Republican base and a core of white evangelical backers firmly backing the president, while a majority of other Americans disapproved of him, a new Public Religion Research Institute survey found. The PRRI survey, taken weekly over the course of 2019 among 40,357 Americans, showed only […]
A mob out for blood: India’s protests pit Hindus against Muslims
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in north-east New Delhi when he came across a large crowd. He turned towards an underpass to avoid the commotion; it proved to be a mistake. Within seconds, he was cowering on the ground surrounded by more than a dozen young […]
Germany “heading for epidemic” as virus spreads faster outside China
Shanghai, China/Seoul, South KoreaReuters Germany said on Wednesday that it was heading for a coronavirus epidemic and could no longer trace all cases, as the number of new infections inside China – the source of the outbreak – was for the first time overtaken by those elsewhere. Asia reported hundreds of new cases, Brazil confirmed […]
BOOKS: PEACEKEEPING IN A TIME OF TERROR AS EAST TIMOR LOOKED TO A NEW FUTURE
DAVID ADAMS reads ‘Scorched Earth’, an account of one peace-keeper’s experiences as East Timor moved towards independence…
In the US, hundreds welcome new bishop to San Bernardino Diocese with special Mass
Chino Hills, CaliforniaRNS Hundreds of people gathered Monday at St Paul the Apostle Church for a Mass that welcomed Bishop Alberto Rojas – who was named to lead the Diocese of San Bernardino, one of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic dioceses. Pope Francis appointed Rojas, a former auxiliary bishop in Chicago, to be Coadjutor Bishop […]
STRANGESIGHTS: CELEBRATING THE ‘NATWEST HOLE’; THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN HEAD; AND, A “LICENCE TO WATCH”?…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Ex-Facebook executive starts group to help employees push companies on climate
San Francisco, USReuters Facebook’s former sustainability chief has launched an organisation to help employees at big companies press their bosses for more aggressive policies to fight climate change. Hundreds of companies have committed to reducing emissions in their own operations to be in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, in which governments aim to limit […]
Not over my backyard: Tokyo residents fight Olympic flight plans
Tokyo, JapanReuters As Tokyo prepares to greet overseas visitors to the Olympic Games in July, some city residents are upset about the more than 100 low-flying jetliners a day that will bring them to the city. From 29th March, whenever a southerly wind blows over Japan’s capital, 45 passenger planes an hour will descend low […]
CORONAVIRUS: US CHINESE CHURCHES ON THE FRONT LINES OF VIGILANCE
YONAT SHIMRON, writing for Religion News Service, looks at how US churches are responding to the treat of the coronavirus…