This Life: Tracing our blessings backward
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at why looking back at how God has blessed us can be a rewarding experience…
In New York City, Mother Cabrini statue to be unveiled on Columbus Day
New York City, USAP New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will mark Columbus Day by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The unveiling of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was […]
Trump says he is recovered from COVID-19, prepares for return to campaign trail
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had fully recovered from COVID-19 and was not an infection risk for others, freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House. Trump also said, without producing evidence, that he was now immune, […]
Australian ex-PM Rudd calls for inquiry into Murdoch media dominance
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for a major government inquiry into the tight ownership of Australian media by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, securing more than 46,000 signatures on a petition after just two days. Rudd, who was Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010 and briefly in 2013, filed a petition […]
Mexican President asks Pope Francis for conquest apology
Mexico City, MexicoAP Mexico’s President published an open letter to Pope Francis Saturday,calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for abuses of Indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexico in the 1500s. In the letter, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also asks the pope to lend Mexico ancient pre-Hispanic Mexican or colonial-era documents. “The […]
Revamp hunger aid, urges risk chief for Nobel-winning UN food agency
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic is set to nearly double the number of people facing starvation this year, but preparing better would help battle such crises in the future, said an official at the World Food Programme, after it won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. As the UN food aid agency was […]
A dissenting Catholic community in California helps Latinos cope with COVID-19’s disparities
Los Angeles, USRNS The Most Rev Ángel Velandia stood outside the home of a member of his congregation who had been battling cancer, praying the rosary for her and for the wellbeing of others struggling with COVID-19. As he concluded the 40-minute prayer session, Velandia looked into the camera that was streaming it live on […]
Five things to know about US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
Washington DC, USAP Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month. Ginsburg’s replacement by Barrett, a conservative, would shift the balance on the court significantly right, from five-to-four in […]
The Long Read: Plastic pandemic – How COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream
JOE BROCK, of Reuters, reports on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the plastic recycling industry around the world…