Zach Williams, for KING & COUNTRY, Kanye West get Dove nods
Nashville, TennesseeAP Christian artist Zach Williams and for KING & COUNTRY are the leading artist nominees at this year’s Dove Awards, while rapper Kanye West and singer Gloria Gaynor earned their first ever nominations. The Gospel Music Association announced on Thursday the nominations this year’s show, which will be aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network on 30th October. This […]
Pope cleans house in Poland after abuse, cover-up scandal
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis continued cleaning house in Poland on Thursday following revelations of clergy sexual abuse and cover-up, replacing the powerful Archbishop of Gdansk on his 75th birthday. While all Catholic bishops must offer to retire when they turn 75, it is highly unusual for the Pope to accept such a resignation on a […]
‘For the Love of God’ – an exploration of the highs and lows of Christianity’s storied history – wins Australian Christian Book of the Year
A book examining the highs and lows of the history of Christianity and weighing up the question of whether the world is better as a result, has won SparkLit’s Australian Christian Book of the Year award. Natasha Moore’s For the Love of God: How The Church is Better And Worse Than You Ever Imagined was written in conjunction with […]
A Sustainable Life: The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food’s murky supply chains
In an article first published on The Conversation, academics CORY SEARCY and PAVEL CASTKA look at how consumers can take a more active role in ensuring transparency around supply chains…
Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriages
Nairobi, Kenya/Garowe, SomaliaThomson Reuters Foundation Somalia’s parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting child and forced marriage. The east African nation has high rates of child marriage and violence against women, including rape and female genital mutilation. The United Nations says 45 per […]
How the Black Plague turned the Shroud of Turin into a beloved relic
RNS Last year, about 35,000 people visited Pittsburgh’s St Anthony Chapel, one of five churches grouped recently under the Catholic diocese’s Shrines of Pittsburgh designation. The chapel houses some 5,000 relics – the largest number outside the Vatican, by its count – including what it claims are splinters of the true cross and a barb from […]
Nearly half UK residents plan to fly less as climate concern grows
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly 50 per cent of British people plan to fly less even after the easing of coronavirus restrictions as concerns over climate change rise, according to survey data released on Wednesday. Researchers at Cardiff University and the University of Manchester said they were surprised to concern over climate change continued to rise even […]
Chemical signal for locust swarming identified in step toward curbing plagues
Washington DC, USReuters Scientists have identified a chemical compound released by locusts that causes them to swarm, opening the door to possible new ways to prevent these insects from devouring crops vital to human sustenance as they have for millennia. Researchers said on Wednesday they identified the pheromone – a chemical produced by an animal […]
China and the Vatican: How a deal may protect Chinese Catholics, keep Pope Francis silent
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, looks at the deal, much of the content of which still remains unknown, between the Vatican and China…
Christian leaders debate Zimbabwe’s reparations for white farmers
Religion UnpluggedHarare, Zimbabwe Christian leaders in Zimbabwe are cautiously optimistic that a recent government move to pay $US3.5 billion compensation to white farmers forced off their land in 1999 can revive a southern African country’s struggling economy by boosting its agricultural sector. The agreement is largely seen as an awkward ending to a years-long land dispute. Arguing […]