Pope orders inquiry into German Church’s handling of abuse allegations
Berlin, GermanyReuters The Pope has dispatched two senior foreign bishops to investigate the Archbishop of Cologne’s handling of sexual abuse allegations in Germany’s largest archdiocese, the pontiff’s representative in Germany said on Friday. Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki has been criticised for his handling of historic child sex abuse allegations, in particular for his decision to […]
US faith, political leaders unite in rally against anti-Semitism
AP Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum in the US joined Thursday to condemn a rise in anti-Semitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Organised by leading US Jewish groups, the virtual Day of Action Against Antisemitism included calls for policy changes […]
Snapshot: Guadalupe Church, Granada, Nicaragua
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Soundbite – the TCM Update: Riley Clemmons on collaborations and how being a Christian is reflected in her music…
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Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors with a billion euros of projects
Windhoek, NamibiaReuters Germany has agreed to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago, a Namibian government spokesman said on Thursday. Thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed by German colonial […]
Boat carrying 200 people capsizes in Nigeria
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters A boat ferrying about 200 people capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday but the number of casualties remains unclear, a state spokesman said. The wooden boat capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River, said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor […]
King James saves the ‘God Bless the USA Bible’
Nashville, Tennessee, USRNS The controversial God Bless the USA Bible is still on track, with a little help from a long-dead British king. A Nashville-based marketing firm had planned to publish a New International Version Bible that paired the Christian Scriptures with the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Pledge of Allegiance, along with […]
Struggling to recover: A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors “there is nothing”
RAFIQUL ISLAM MONTU, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Bangladesh…
Essay: Why we’re glad our publisher isn’t backing the ‘God Bless The USA Bible’
In an article first published on Religion Unplugged, US writers and activists SHANE CLAIBORNE, DOUG PAGGITT, LISA SHARON HARPER, JEMAR TISBY and SOONG-CHAN RAH write about why they support Zondervan’s moves not to publish a controversial Bible…
Belgian abbey raises brewery from ashes after 200 years
Grimbergen, BelgiumReuters Priests of Belgium’s Grimbergen Abbey have begun brewing for the first time in more than two centuries, with a microbrewery making special editions of the mass-market beer bearing their abbey’s name. The abbey, whose emblem is a phoenix with the Latin motto “Ardet nec consumitur” (Burned but not destroyed), was twice burned down […]