Pope Francis’ personal doctor has died of COVID-19
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis’ personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, has died of complications due to COVID-19 on Saturday, a day before the pontiff announced he will receive the vaccine this week. Soccorsi, 78, was being treated for cancer on 26th December at the Roman hospital Agostino Gemelli when he contracted COVID-19, according to a report by […]
Mundane tasks
There are a bunch of things that you are going to do thousands of times in your life, and the earlier you work out a way to enjoy doing them, the better, and the better you’ll get on with your husband or wife. PICTURE: CDC/Unsplash It’s taken me half my life and I’m still learning! […]
Faith in a crisis: How House chaplain calmed tense hours in besieged US Capitol with prayers for “God’s covering”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, chaplain to the US House of Representatives, about those tumultuous hours in the US Capitol last week…
Thousands of child marriages in Canada spark concern over global leadership
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of girls in Canada have been married before turning 18, researchers said on Monday, warning that a rise in unofficial child marriages could make the practice harder to prevent and call into question the country’s global leadership. More than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to under-18s – mainly girls married to […]
Essay: With his victory, Raphael Warnock becomes a member of a select club – pastor politician
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROBERT PEEL, an associate professor of political science at Penn State, looks at why so few clergy serve in the US Congress and the potential impacts of that…