Essay: COVID-19 virus puts a spotlight on inequality and racism
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the coronavirus pandemic has exposed inequalities in the US…
Postcards: Closed bathrooms afflict US homeless in coronavirus lockdown
CAREY L BIRON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the US…
“I was determined”, says girl who cycled injured dad across India
Lucknow, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A 15-year-old girl who won praise for carrying her injured father hundreds of miles across India by bike said on Wednesday she never thought of giving up after promising her mother she would get him home safely. Jyoti Kumari’s gruelling journey from the outskirts of New Delhi to their village 1,200 […]
Vatican exiles leader of Bose monastic community
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican has disciplined another charismatic religious leader, exiling the founder of an Italian monastic community over governance problems. Enzo Bianchi, a Catholic layman who founded the Bose Monastery in northern Italy, had enjoyed the blessing of three popes for his outreach to other Christians. He was appointed an ecumenical expert for Vatican […]