THIS LIFE: MORE THAN A PINKY PROMISE FROM GOD
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at the importance of trust in our relationship with God…
US Episcopal diocese suspends Communion wine, drains baptismal fonts due to coronavirus
RNS After an Episcopal rector at a Washington church tested positive for coronavirus, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is instituting a sweeping set of policies designed to help stop the spread of the disease – including suspending the use of wine during Communion. This week officials announced Rev Tim Cole, a rector at Christ Church […]
Families mark first anniversary of Ethiopian 737 MAX crash
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Families who lost loved ones aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 visited the crash site on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, a day after interim results of a probe focused on faulty systems on the Boeing 737 MAX jet. The accident killed all 157 people on board when the […]
Christian leader in Madhya Pradesh, India, run over by motorcycles while his faith was mocked – report
An evangelical Christian leader in India was beaten and then run over by motorcycles ridden by Hindu extremists last week, sources in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have told Morning Star News. Isaac Paulose, 48, was attacked on 3rd March and left with injuries including a fractured rib and multiple fractures in his left […]
Congolese rape survivors re-enact trauma in new film
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Rape survivors in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo will take their stories to the screen in a film premiering in the United States this weekend, written and acted by the women themselves. The movie SEMA, meaning “speak out” in Swahili, is a fictional story about two rape survivors. Based on personal […]
India’s poor risk loss of privacy, land in drive to digitise records
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A push to digitise land records in India to establish ownership and minimise conflicts has raised concerns over privacy for poorer communities and could make them more vulnerable to evictions, legal and technology experts said on Monday. India’s national land record modernisation program seeks to re-survey lands, verify and upgrade […]
Bangladesh urged to stop worker abuse in garment industry
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Workers in Bangladesh’s garment industry face increased threats, intimidation and even physical and sexual abuse, according to a report for an influential US Senate committee that urged authorities to do more to protect labour rights. The study for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations found that while factory safety […]
Updated: Stocks savaged, Italy on lockdown, Trump seeks to reassure as coronavirus spreads
Updated 12pmRome ItalyReuters All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear on Monday how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life. Major European stock markets dived more than seven per cent, Japanese indexes fell over five per cent and US markets […]
FAITH AND SPORT: THE FRIAR’S BRIAR – CANADA’S CLERGY CURLING TOURNAMENT – PUTS FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP ON ICE
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Ontario…
Bread for the World taps Eugene Cho as new president
Washington, DCRNS Bread for the World, a prominent US Christian advocacy group dedicated to ending hunger, has elected Seattle pastor and author Rev Eugene Cho as its new president. It’s a dramatic change for Bread, which is well known in Washington for galvanising religious groups to protect federal policies that help the impoverished. Recent years […]