Vaccine alliance eyes range of prices for COVID shots, says $US40 would be maximum
London, UK/Chicago, USReuters Coordinators of a global coronavirus vaccines funding scheme are looking at a wide range of potential prices for COVID-19 shots, with a reported $US40 per dose price tag the “highest number” in that range, one of the co-leads of the project said on Monday. Seth Berkley, chief executive of the GAVI vaccine […]
Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe; WHO says travel bans cannot be indefinite
Sydney, Australia/London, UKReuters Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travellers from Spain threw Europe’s summer reopening into disarray, as the world confronted the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. In the United States, still dealing with its first wave as infection rates have climbed since […]
In the US, Bread for the World pushes out Yoho after Capitol incident
Washington DC, USAP A non-partisan Christian organisation that seeks to end hunger said Saturday it asked for and received the resignation of Congressman Ted Yoho from its board of directors following what it called his “verbal attack” on Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, accused Yoho, a Republican from Florida, of using […]
Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge
Selma, AlabamaAP The late US Representative John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. The bridge became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten there 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday”, a key […]
Australian state records daily virus record, warns of lockdown extension
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s Victoria state on Monday reported the country’s highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, prompting the authorities to warn a six-week lockdown may last longer if people continue to go to work while feeling unwell. The second-most populous state reported 532 new cases of the virus which causes COVID-19, the most new cases […]
Faithful return to Mexico City churches with masks, gel
Mexico City, MexicoAP Temperatures taken and anti-bacterial gel applied, the faithful passed through a disinfecting arch set up in front of centuries-old wood-and-stone doors. Inside, they sat spaced out on pews while robed priests donned face masks. In another church, a glass partition separated people from the altar. Mexico City’s Roman Catholic churches, including its […]
California sees large outdoor worship events despite virus
Los AngelesAP Even as coronavirus cases have risen across California, hundreds of people gathered at the beach in Orange County for a religious event despite warnings from local officials. The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that several hundred people met in Huntington Beach Friday for Saturate OC, a weekly worship event held at the beach since […]
‘The Jesus Film’: App brings record-breaking movie to a whole new audience
DAVID ADAMS reports on a new push for the Jesus Film app to reach people in Australia…
26 deaths in three US convents, as nuns confront the pandemic
Livonia, Michigan, USAP At a convent near Detroit, 13 nuns have died of COVID-19. The toll is seven at a center for Maryknoll sisters in New York, and six at a Wisconsin convent that serves nuns with fading memories. Each community perseveres, though strict social-distancing rules have made communal solidarity a challenge as the losses […]
Essay: Why Hagia Sophia remains a potent symbol of spiritual and political authority
In an article first published on The Conversation, ANNA BIGELOW, associate professor of religious studies at Stanford University, looks puts the recent move to declare the Hagia Sophia a mosque in its historical context…