Power outages hit St Vincent island amid volcano tremors
Kingstown, St Vincent and the GrenadinesReuters The Caribbean St Vincent island was hit by another explosive event from the La Soufriere volcano early on Sunday, triggering power cuts and water outages in some areas, while ash clouds began to blanket parts of the island of Barbados. After decades of inactivity, the volcano erupted on Friday, […]
Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spiritual curiosity
London, UKAP Churches in Britain held services Sunday to remember Prince Philip as people of many religions reflected on a man whose gruff exterior hid a strong personal faith and deep curiosity about others’ beliefs. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led a service of remembrance at Canterbury Cathedral in south-east England for the husband of […]
Moscow’s most famous grocery store shuts its doors amid pandemic
Moscow, RussiaReuters A historic grocery store in central Moscow is to close its doors after trading for more than a hundred years due to legal issues and a drop in tourism caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Opened at the turn of the 20th century, Yeliseyevsky Store is known for its palatial, neo-baroque interior and wide […]
US Supreme Court halts California virus rules limiting home worship
Washington DC, USAP The US Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings. The order from the court late on Friday is the latest in a recent string of cases in which the high court has barred officials from enforcing some coronavirus-related […]
Archbishop of Santiago Chile hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19
Santiago, ChileReuters The Archbishop of Chile’s capital Santiago, Celestino Aos, has been hospitalised after testing positive for the coronavirus, the Roman Catholic Church in Chile wrote in a statement posted on Twitter on Saturday. Aos, 76, and Monsignor Alberto Lorenzelli, the Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, were confirmed by the church as having tested positive for […]
“How many of us will be left?”: Catholic nuns face loss, pain amid coronavirus pandemic
MATT SEDENSKY, of Associated Press, reports on how nuns at a convent in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, have had their lives turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic…
Indonesia’s Java hit by magnitude 5.9 quake, seven killed
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island on Saturday, killing seven people, severely wounding two and damaging hundreds of buildings in several cities, the country’s disaster mitigation agency BNPB said. The quake, which struck at 2pm local time, was felt across East Java, home to 40.7 million people, and nearby provinces, […]