Four in 10 US Christians plan to attend in-person Easter services – poll
RNS Americans are becoming more confident they can attend in-person religious services but church attendance at Easter services will still be far lower than usual this year, a new Pew Research poll finds. The poll, conducted in early March among 12,055 Americans, finds the percentage of regular attenders who say they actually have attended religious […]
Ten killed in supermarket shooting in US city of Boulder
Updated: 1.45pm (AEDT)Ten people, including a police officer, have been killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in the US city of Boulder, Colorado, on Monday afternoon. Police said there was no ongoing threat and that a person of interest, who was injured, is in custody. Boulder police Chief Maris Herold said the officer killed […]
Updated: Australia plans more flood evacuations as rains remain heavy
Updated: 5pm (AEDT)Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in the worst downpour in more than half a century. The national weather agency has posted severe weather warnings in every mainland state or […]
Fire guts hundreds of shelters in Rohingya refugee camp
Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshAP A devastating fire raced through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday, destroying hundreds of shelters and leaving thousands homeless, officials and witnesses said. The fire at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district broke out in the late afternoon and spread quickly through at least four blocks, said Mohammad […]
Marriage – keep choosing
I’ve been happily married now for 25 years. What have I learnt that I can share with you? PICTURE: Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash I chose my wife 25 years ago. Quite publicly. Forsaking all others. As long as we both shall live. It’s a decision I have to keep making. Sometimes yearly, sometimes daily. When she annoys me. When […]
“A source of support”: Thirty years on, women-only village inspires land equality in rural Kenya
DOMINIC KIRUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from a village in Kenya that’s provided a refuge for women survivors of sexual assault and is now also leading the charge in providing them with land rights…
Israeli election seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister for the past 12 years, hopes voters will reward him for leading the country’s successful coronavirus vaccine rollout and his diplomatic outreach to […]
Essay: Why Christianity put away its dancing shoes – only to find them again centuries later
In an article first published on The Conversation, KATHRYN DICKASON, a Visiting Scholar at the School of Religion at the University of Southern California, looks at the off and on tradition of dancing as part of Christian worship…