Vatican seeks elder care rethink after COVID-19 “massacre”
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican is calling for a new paradigm of care for older people after what it calls the “massacre” wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately killed people living in nursing homes. The Vatican’s Pontifical Council of Life issued a position paper Tuesday that made the case for a global rethink of […]
Sight-Seeing: Still Baptist. Still evangelical.
US-based evangelical author and professor KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR says while the “bride of Christ” – the church – is seared, spotted, smudged and smeared, the “gentle and humble” can still be found…
US Senate agrees to hear Trump case, rejecting GOP arguments
Washington DC, USAP Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday with graphic video showing the former President whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” against his re-election defeat, followed by images of the deadly attack on Congress that came soon after. In an early test of the former President’s […]
“Jury is out” on need for new COVID vaccines, says Oxford’s Pollard; WHO team says COVID may have taken a “convoluted path” to Wuhan
London, UKReuters It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said on Tuesday. South Africa has paused a planned rollout […]
Myanmar police fire into air to disperse protest, four hurt by rubber bullets
Reuters Police and protesters clashed in Myanmar on Tuesday in the most violent day of demonstrations against a military coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi, and a doctor said one woman was unlikely to survive a gunshot wound to the head. Three other people were being treated for wounds from suspected rubber bullets after […]
Artists shine a light on child labour in New York streets
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children’s faces appear locked in the jaws of a sinister factory robot or warily peeping out behind New York landmarks in an interactive street art campaign launched this week to raise awareness about child trafficking and underage labour. Nine striking pieces commissioned by Street Art for Mankind – an artistic movement fighting […]
A place in history: Birthplace of LA’s Chicano civil rights movement earns national recognition
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on news LA’s Church of the Epiphany has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places…
French nun first woman appointed to Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops
Religion Unplugged Sr Nathalie Becquart, a French nun, was appointed as under-secretary for the Synod of Bishops on Saturday. The decision has been divisive for Catholics, some seeing this as a progressive step forward for female empowerment in the church and others arguing it’s an inappropriate concession. Pope Francis and Sr Nathalie Becquart in 2018. […]
Hershel Shanks, who made Biblical archaeology widely available, dies
RNS He was not a household name, but in the sometimes arcane world of Biblical archaeology, Hershel Shanks was a star, and often a rabble-rouser. Shanks, the founder and longtime editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, died on 5th February at the age of 90. Hershel Shanks appears on the Charlie Rose Show in 1992. PICTURE: Video […]
John Legend credits childhood in Pentecostal church for his choice to pursue music
RNS Singer-songwriter John Legend, known for his contributions in the R&B realm, says he’d never have become a recording artist without the influence of his childhood church. “I grew up in a Pentecostal church in Springfield, Ohio,” the 11-time Grammy Award-winning artist said Friday, during a virtual news conference for the upcoming PBS documentary series […]