Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray while WHO’s Tedros says air strike victims denied access to care
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Madrid, SpainReuters Three employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the medical charity said on Friday. MSF-Spain lost contact with a vehicle carrying the team on Thursday afternoon, it said in a statement. “This morning the vehicle was found empty […]
Snapshot: Huvudskär, Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
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In US state of Iowa, priests cannot be charged for old abuse despite new law
Iowa City, Iowa, USAP Roman Catholic priests who victimized Iowa children decades ago cannot be prosecuted despite a new law eliminating the statute of limitations for child sex abuse, the state attorney general says. The law, signed by Governor Kim Reynolds last month, does not apply to cases in which the statute of limitations has already expired, […]
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Music: Songs of overcoming
DAVID ADAMS listens to an album of original songs by a diverse group of Queensland song-writers with a story to tell…
Philippine ‘river warriors’ fight tide of trash for cleaner future
Manila, PhilippinesReuters Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling sacks in an endless pursuit to clean a waterway that is also a major source of ocean plastics. These “river warriors” are a decade-old group of about 100 people who […]
Poland seeks Vatican’s data for its church sex abuse probes
Warsaw, PolandAP Poland’s state commission for fighting sex abuse of minors said Thursday it has asked the Vatican for data on abuse by the clergy in Poland because Poland’s church is not providing the requested information. Commission head Blazej Kmieciak said some 30 per cent of cases of abuse of persons aged under 15 that […]
Vatican defends intervention over Italy anti-homophobia law
Vatican CityReuters The Vatican on Thursday defended a request for changes to a draft law in Italy aimed at combating homophobia, saying it was not an interference in another country’s domestic affairs and was not seeking to block it. The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said the draft law was too “vague and […]
The Interview: US preacher Will Willimon on what makes a good sermon
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, interviews Will Willimon, described in a Baylor University survey as one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world and the subject of a new documentary, about his approach to preaching and what makes a good sermon…
A pair of Hillsong docuseries planned, examining the megachurch’s culture, the fall of Carl Lentz
New York City, USRNS The streaming channel Discovery+ has announced plans for a documentary series on Hillsong Church and its disgraced former pastor, Carl Lentz, according to a report this week from the entertainment news website Deadline. But Discovery+ is not the only production company with an eye on the controversy-laden megachurch and its trendily tattooed […]