Essay: Just because the economy is reopening doesn’t mean churches should
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute and KENT ANNAN, director of humanitarian and disaster leadership, both at Wheaton College in the US, urge caution when it comes to reopening churches…
Postcards: As a “green stimulus”, Pakistan sets virus-idled to work planting trees
RINA SAEED KHAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Pakistan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami program is providing jobs during the coronavirus economic contraction…
Rome’s parks buzz as Italy eases COVID-19 restrictions, with Masses coming soon
Vatican CityRNS After nearly 50 days of a strict lockdown in their homes, Italians flocked to parks and strolled the streets on Monday, the first day of “Phase Two”, when the Italian Government loosened some of the restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Over the weekend, the Italian Catholic bishops, […]