A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
RNS As the search for missing people trapped in the rubble of a Surfside, Florida, condo building continued, the town’s large Jewish community buried its first victims on Monday and Tuesday. Leon Oliwkowicz, 81, and his wife, Christina Beatriz Elvira Oliwkowicz, 74, were among the first apartment dwellers identified after the 13-story Champlain Towers South […]
Essay: Faith still shapes morals and values even after people are ‘done’ with religion
US researchers PHILIP SCHWADEL and SAM HARDY, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at how religion influences the way people think about and respond to the world – even after they’ve left the religion…
Mercy Ships takes possession of its first purpose-built floating hospital, the Global Mercy
Mercy Ships has taken possession of its first purpose-built ship, the Global Mercy, described as the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, at a shipyard in China. The 12 deck ship, which features six operating theatres, 200 hospital beds and a full lab, is scheduled to sail to Europe in July where it will be outfitted […]
This Life: Through faith we’re all children of God
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, on what it means to be grafted in to God’s family tree…
In the US, Evangelical Covenant Church joins list of Protestant denominations rebuking Doctrine of Discovery
RNS The Evangelical Covenant Church became the latest Protestant denomination in the United States to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, the theological justification that allowed the discovery and domination by European Christians of lands already inhabited by Indigenous peoples. Delegates at the Covenant Annual Connection voted overwhelmingly (84 per cent) on Friday to approve a resolution acknowledging […]