Two stabbed near Charlie Hebdo’s old offices, France opens anti-terror probe
Paris, FranceReuters France opened an anti-terror investigation after two journalists were stabbed in Paris on Friday near the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine that was attacked by Islamist militants in 2015. Prime Minister Jean Castex, who rushed to the scene, said the main attacker had been arrested. A second person was also […]
Danny Chambers, charismatic worship leader and Nashville pastor, has died
Nashville, Tennessee, USRNS Danny Chambers, a Nashville-based worship leader and pastor who was well known in charismatic Christian circles, has died. Chambers’ death was announced by his wife, Jillian Chambers, on Instagram on Wednesday. Danny and Jillian Chambers. PICTURE: @jillianchambers/Instagram “May the Rain of Your presence fall as we mourn the passing of my best friend, Danny […]
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German bishops set up system for larger sex abuse payments
Berlin, GermanyAP The Catholic Church in Germany is setting up a new system to compensate survivors of sexual abuse by clergy that will provide for payments of up to about €50,000 to each victim. Victims will be able to apply for payments under the new system starting on 1st January, the head of the German […]
Afghanistan’s first female UN envoy warns over women’s rights
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation The Taliban’s stance on women’s rights should concern the world, one of Afghanistan’s top female diplomats has warned, as the government holds power-sharing talks with the Islamist group that once banned girls from going to school. Afghanistan’s first female ambassador to the United Nations Adela Raz said the world had invested […]
Dogs used to detect coronavirus in pilot project at Helsinki airport
Helsinki, FinlandReuters Dogs trained to detect the novel coronavirus began sniffing passenger samples at Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport this week, authorities said, in a pilot project running alongside more usual testing at the airport. The dogs’ efficiency has not been proven in comparative scientific studies so passengers who volunteer to be tested and are suspected as […]
Australian thinktank finds 380 detention camps in Xinjiang
Canberra, AustraliaAP China appeared to be expanding its network of secret detention centres in Xinjiang, where Muslim minorities are targeted in a forced assimilation campaign, and more of the facilities resemble prisons, an Australian thinktank found. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute used satellite images and official construction tender documents to map more than 380 suspected […]
Adapting church: US churches hit home run with services in ballparks and stadiums as COVID-19 cancels sports
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, writing for Religion News Service, looks at how, in a time of social distancing, a number of US churches are using sports stadiums for worship services…
Biden pins his argument to Latino believers on Trump’s morals
RNS To Andrés Chong-Qui Torres, growing up in an evangelical Pentecostal household and studying at a Jesuit prep school led him to not only develop “an intense love for the Word of God”, but to embrace public service and social justice. His faith grounds him and informs the way he makes everyday decisions, including how […]
Essay: Demonising white evangelicals won’t solve our political divisions
In an article first published on The Conversation, ARTHUR E FARNSLEY II, research director of Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, says white evangelicals are certainly complicit in America’s history of systemic racism and overt nationalism but “transparent prejudice against them offers no way forward”…