From Brazil to Kenya, coronavirus widows lose their husbands and then their land
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Widows across the globe are being evicted, forced to give up property or to marry male relatives after their husbands die from the new coronavirus, land rights experts said on Tuesday. Women often only earn legal or socially recognised rights to land and property through a husband or father, which […]
Essay: Death in the middle of death – On the execution of Walter Barton
In an article first published on Religion News Service, anti-death penalty activist and author SHANE CLAIBORNE expresses hopes that executions are not something people want in a post-pandemic US…
Wow!: Ice Age – How off-grid ways to turn down rising heat for the poor
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Italian cardinal calls for better spiritual guidance for gays, lesbians
Vatican CityRNS Now more than ever, the Catholic Church has begun to address how to minister to members of the LGBT community, especially when it comes to spiritual guidance. Following in Pope Francis’ footsteps, an Italian archbishop invited Catholics to look at gays and lesbians “as God looks at them”. “When communities will truly begin […]