Updated: Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric deliver message of coexistence
Updated: 8.25am, 7th 2021 (AEDT)Plains of Ur, IraqAP Pope Francis walked through a narrow alley in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf for a historic meeting with the country’s top Shiite cleric Saturday, and together they delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence in a country still reeling from back-to-back conflicts over the past decade. In […]
Remains of US priest who died in Korean War identified
Wichita, Kansas AP The remains of a US priest who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church for his ministry during the Korean War have been identified, US military officials said. Rev Emil Kapaun, of Pilsen, Kansas, died on 23rd May, 1951, as a prisoner of war during the Korean War. The […]
India’s top judge urged to quit for suggesting rape defendant marry victim
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India’s chief justice is under pressure to resign after asking a man accused of rape whether he would marry the complainant – sparking outrage and concern that his words could legitimise the notion that rapists can make amends by marrying their victims. Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde posed the question during […]
In the US, Black Protestants aren’t least likely to get a vaccine; white evangelicals are
RNS Since before the COVID-19 vaccines hit the market, it has been predicted that Black Americans would choose to be vaccinated at dramatically lower rates than white Americans due to a historic mistrust of the health system. Media stories defined the causes for “vaccine hesitancy” while physicians worried about how to overcome it. Scores of health systems, churches and religious […]
Mourners line up to honour late LA televangelist Frederick KC Price at his FaithDome
Los Angeles, USRNS A steady stream of mourners filed into the FaithDome at Crenshaw Christian Center on the first of two days of a public viewing honouring Rev Frederick KC “Fred” Price, who built the massive megachurch and led its mostly Black congregation of 28,000. Price died in February after a bout with COVID-19. Attendees […]
“How will they survive?”: Myanmar coup cuts lifeline for migrants’ families
BEH LIH YI and NANCHANOK WONGSAMUTH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the impact of Myanmar’s military coup on the pipeline of money migrant workers send home to help their families…
UN Security Council urged to act as Myanmar protesters are again met with gunfire
Reuters Police in Myanmar on Friday opened fire on protesters against last month’s military coup, killing one man, as international condemnation rained down on the junta and the UN special envoy on Myanmar urged the Security Council to act. Christine Burgener called on the council for “unified support, action”, asking “how much more can we […]
On first day in Iraq, Pope Francis pays tribute to Christian martyrs
Vatican CityRNS Standing in the Assyrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad where 50 worshippers, clergy and policemen were killed in a 2010 terrorist attack, Pope Francis on Friday made an appeal for “forgiveness, reconciliation and rebirth” in the struggling Middle Eastern nation. “We are gathered in this Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation, hallowed by the […]