Ahead of US meeting, pressure mounts for an independent investigation of SBC executive committee handling of abuse
RNS The chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee plans to call for an independent investigation into the committee’s handling of sexual abuse claims when it meets next week in Nashville, Tennessee. Rolland Slade, pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, California, said he would also support a proposal from two Southern Baptist pastors […]
Essay: Nigeria’s Twitter ban could backfire, hurting the economy and democracy
In an article first published on The Conversation, JEFF CONROY KRUTZ, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, looks at Nigeria’s decision to ban Twitter…
Lifestory: Socialite-turned-monastic Ann Russell Miller dies at 92
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, looks at the unusual life of an American nun…
Some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray in famine – UN document; US provides more than $US181 million in aid
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaWashington DC/New York, USReuters An unpublished analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region are in famine conditions, according to an internal UN document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Ethiopian Government disputes the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis, according to the notes […]
Canada proposes to settle Indigenous lawsuit after discovery of children’s remains
Toronto/Vancouver, CanadaReuters Canada has reached a proposed settlement with a group of Indigenous survivors of the now-defunct residential schools for the abuse they suffered, a federal minister said on Wednesday, ending a 14-year fight for justice. The settlement comes as the government is scrambling to deal with a national outcry after the remains of 215 […]