Most Black ‘nones’ believe in God or higher power, fewer pray regularly – study
RNS The vast majority of African Americans who are religiously unaffiliated say they believe in God or some other kind of higher power, the Pew Research Center reports. About half of Black “nones” say they pray at least monthly, but far fewer attend religious services. PICTURE: zefe from Pixabay/Creative Commons The findings, released on 17th […]
Mexico: Pandemic hits efforts to stop nation’s “silent” killer
CHRISTINE MURRAY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the coronavirus pandemic has set back efforts to dignose and treat the parasitic disease Chagas…
Pope Francis has not forgotten the people of Syria, says cardinal
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Iraq in early March was received as a symbol of hope by the neighbouring population in Syria, which just entered its 10 year of war exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Catholic envoys and charity workers. “Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq was of great hope for Syrians,” […]
Essay: Cave of Horror – fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories
GARETH WEARNE, a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Australian Catholic University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the recent discovery of ancient Scriptures in the so-called ‘Cave of Horror’ on the western shore of the Dead Sea…