Financial insecurity: Indian street vendors “shattered” as coronavirus wrecks trade
ANNIE BANERJI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of street vendors impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in India…
Protecting abuse survivors is “personal”, says new Southern Baptist leader
RNS In his first meeting as leader of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Rev Rolland Slade called on other committee members on Tuesday to be responsible “to shepherd and to protect” survivors of church sex abuse. Slade, senior pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, California, announced that the issue is “personal” for […]
Essay: If we realised the true cost of homelessness, we’d fix it overnight
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian academics VIVIENNE SKINNER and PHILIPPA CARNEMOLLA look at the true cost of homelessness…
Australia counts record 470 stranded whales as rescue continues
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Rescuers trying to free a pod of whales beached off the Australian island of Tasmania said on Wednesday they had found another 200 stranded mammals, bringing the total to 470 and making it one of the country’s biggest beachings. As a rescue effort began its third day off the southern island’s rugged west […]
Sight-Seeing: Why Jesus would support Black Lives Matter
NILS VON KALM on why he believes Christians should supports calls for racial justice…
Addressing euthanasia, Vatican doctrine tsar reminds media that bishops aren’t infallible
Vatican CityRNS Next time you see a headline relaying juicy quotes from a Catholic prelate, the Vatican suggested on Tuesday, take it with a grain of salt. The head of the Vatican doctrinal office, once known as the Inquisition, made it clear on Tuesday that only the Pope and the bishops of the church as […]