This Life: In search of significance in a broken world
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, on how real significance can only be found in God…
More than 500 US evangelicals, other faith leaders condemn religion at insurrection as “heretical”
Washington DC, USRNS More than 500 evangelical pastors and other faith leaders have signed an open letter decrying “radicalized Christian nationalism,” arguing that the religious expressions by insurrectionists during the 6th January attack on the US Capitol are “heretical” and a “perversion of the Christian faith”. The letter, which was organised by several Christian groups, including […]
Women inch towards equal legal rights despite COVID-19 risks, World Bank says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women gained legal rights in nearly 30 countries last year despite disruption due to COVID-19, but governments must do more to ease the disproportionate burden shouldered by women during the pandemic, the World Bank said on Tuesday. Nations should prioritise gender equality in economic recovery efforts, the bank said, warning that progress […]
Pakistani Christian couple’s appeal of blasphemy sentence postponed
Lahore, PakistanAP A Pakistani court on Wednesday adjourned without hearing a much-awaited appeal from a Christian couple facing the death penalty for the last seven years after being convicted of blasphemy, a defence lawyer said. Lawyer Saiful Malook said the couple’s appeal wasn’t heard before the court’s session ended. He is seeking the release and […]
Indonesia says it holds intensive talks with both sides of Myanmar crisis
Reuters Indonesia is holding intensive talks with both the Myanmar military and representatives of the ousted elected government in a bid to end a crisis over a Feb. 1 military coup, Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Indonesia has taken the lead within the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in efforts to resolve […]
Public viewing set for Frederick KC Price, televangelist who built LA’s FaithDome
Los Angeles, USRNS The public will have a chance to honor and bid farewell to the late Rev Frederick KC “Fred” Price, a prominent Los Angeles pastor who built one of the largest church buildings in the nation, at a pair of closed-casket viewings next week. The “lying in repose” closed-casket viewings will be from […]
StrangeSights: A hand gesture gone wrong; a big moving day; and, a puzzling challenge…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Climate change: Five places where global warming is a security risk
Thomson Reuters Foundation From Louisiana’s battle with two hurricanes and an icy polar vortex in the past year to Kenya’s struggle with locusts, drought and floods, climate risks are piling up – and colliding with other threats like COVID-19, making them harder to manage. “By the time you start to recover from one direct hit, […]
Lebanon’s COVID-19 vaccine drive hit by row over MPs’ queue-jumping
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation A row over Lebanese lawmakers jumping the queue for COVID-19 vaccinations erupted on Tuesday with the World Bank threatening to pull its funding for the inoculation drive and human rights campaigners accusing authorities of mismanagement. The spat broke out after a correspondent from the Thomson Reuters Foundation tweeted confirmation from parliament’s secretary general […]
US Catholic activist Martin Gugino sues city of Buffalo, mayor and police after fracturing skull
RNS A Catholic social justice activist who was knocked to the ground by police during a protest over racism last year has sued the city of Buffalo, its mayor, the police commissioner and several police officers. The lawsuit, filed by Martin Gugino on Monday in US District Court for the Western District of New York, alleges […]