This Life: When your burdens are too heavy
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, writes about the importance of surrendering our burdens to God…
Hillsong Church announces an Atlanta location and its first African American lead pastors
RNS Sam Collier remembers meeting Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement this summer. People were marching in the streets, some rioting, and Collier said Houston told him it was time. Hillsong wanted to be part of changing the narrative and changing the world. And, Houston said, he […]
Maskless Pope blames ‘this lady called COVID’ for distance
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy. Francis again eschewed a protective mask on Wednesday even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen at the […]
France and Germany thrust into lockdown as second COVID-19 wave sweeps Europe
Berlin, Germany/Paris, FranceReuters French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday, as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter. World stock markets went into a dive in response to the news that Europe’s biggest economies were imposing nationwide restrictions […]
France tightens security amid fallout from teacher beheading
AP France is increasing security at religious sites as the interior minister said Tuesday that the country faces a “very high” risk of terrorist threats, amid growing geopolitical tensions following the beheading of a teacher who showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. French diplomats are trying to quell anger in Turkey and Arab […]
StrangeSights: Apology for an extra hour; touchless pinball; and, a puppy with green fur…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Sean Feucht’s ‘finale’ worship protest on the US National Mall included more politics than usual
Washington DC, USRNS Christian musician Sean Feucht held a politically charged concert in front of thousands on the National Mall Sunday night, framing his performance as a protest against restrictions on churches but also voicing opposition to abortion and celebrating the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. Throngs of worshipers braved […]
Swiss seniors sue government over climate change at European court
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation A group of retired Swiss women said on Tuesday they were suing their government at Europe’s top rights court for failing to protect them from worsening heatwaves, in the latest such climate change lawsuit to be filed around the world. Senior Women for Climate Protection wants ramped up efforts to curb […]
Updated: Qatar expresses regret as Australia says women on 10 flights searched
Updated 5.30pm (AEDT)Sydney, Australia/Dubai, UAEReuters Qatar expressed regret on Wednesday over the treatment of the female travellers after Australia said women on 10 flights underwent invasive physical searches following the discovery of an abandoned baby at the country’s international airport. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, speaking about the issue for the first time, told reporters […]
US election: Poll chaplains plan to bring a ‘prayerful presence’ to precincts this Election Day
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on the role ‘poll’ or ‘precinct’ chaplains will play at the polls in the US on Election Day…