No-one’s safe anymore: Japan’s Osaka city crumples under COVID-19 onslaught
Osaka, JapanReuters Hospitals in Japan’s second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new coronavirus infections, running out of beds and ventilators as exhausted doctors warn of a “system collapse”, and advise against holding the Olympics this summer. Japan’s western region home to nine million people is suffering the brunt of […]
Essay: Solar panels allow religious institutions to do well while doing good
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says installing solar panels is “a great opportunity for religious institutions to do well while doing good”…
This Life: Give generously with God’s provision
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, on why we shouldn’t give God our “leftovers” but our best…
Chicago priest Pfleger reinstated after abuse investigation
Chicago, USAP Nationally known activist Chicago priest, Rev Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found “no reason to suspect” he sexually abused children, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced Monday. The decision from the archdiocese comes more than four months after it asked Pfleger to step […]
Belarus faces sanctions backlash over jetliner “state piracy”
Brussels, Belgium/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one leader denounced as “state piracy”. In a video posted online, the detained blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, […]
Pope to Vatican’s own media workers: Who reads your news?
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis challenged the Vatican’s own media employees Monday to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news as he visited the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around the world combined. Francis paid a visit to the Dicastry of Communications to […]