Indigenous group in Canada announces discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves
Toronto, CanadaReuters A Canadian Indigenous group announced on Wednesday the “horrific and shocking discovery” of hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school, just weeks after the discovery of other children’s remains shook the country. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said in a statement that the number of newly found […]
Addressing “historical injustices”: The race to save African-American cemeteries from being “erased”
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine scheme to be shaken up
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Shunned by rich countries and failing to meet the needs of the poorest, a program co-led by the World Health Organization for fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is planning a shake-up, internal documents seen by Reuters show. The COVAX program is far short of its target of delivering two billion doses by the […]
Essay: This is no time to build back to the way things were
DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, looks at what a “truly just” post-pandemic world looks like for America…
Wow!: Rohingya artists tackle COVID-19 fears as refugees wait for vaccines
NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how artists in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh are hoping to raise awareness of the lack of COVID-19 vaccines there as well as address vaccine hesitancy through a series of large murals…
‘Super-hero’ in Spider-Man outfit meets Pope at Vatican
Vatican CityAP While Pope Francis is usually the star at Vatican gatherings, Spider-Man, or at least an Italian who dresses up like the character, was the attention-grabber among the public lined up in rows during the pontiff’s weekly Wednesday audience. Matteo Villardita, 28, dons the comic-book and movie super-hero outfit to cheer up hospitalised children, […]
Lutheran World Federation elects first female general secretary to lead global communion
RNS The Lutheran World Federation has elected the first woman to head its global communion of churches. Rev Anne Burghardt, an Estonian theologian, was chosen on Saturday by the LWF Council as the next general secretary of the federation, which includes 148 denominations in the Lutheran tradition from around the globe. Rev Anne Burghardt. PICTURE: […]