Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found; US Catholic bishops pledge to assist review
Cranbrook, British Colombia, CanadaAP A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar findings […]
Essay: Common ground on abortion in the US is staring us right in the face
US Catholic commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, arges that caring for mothers is “obvious common ground in the abortion debate”…
A church in Brazil takes on a new mission, baking bread for the poor
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilReuters As Brazil battles a pandemic that has taken over half a million lives and thrust millions more further into poverty, a church in the west of Rio de Janeiro has assumed a new mission: to bake thousands of loaves of bread. Since its creation in April of last year, the Pão […]
Postcards: Dry spell leaves Kenyan islanders thirsty for clean water
DOMINIC KIRUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the struggle to find water for villagers living on Lamu Island off the coast of Kenya…
Christians in India face “existential threat” from Hindu nationalists – report
Christians in India face an “existential threat” from violent nationalist persecution, according to the findings of a report commissioned for persecuted church support organisation Open Doors which detailed numerous examples of attacks and discrimination. The report, which was compiled by researchers from the London School of Economics, found that daily life for many Christian and Muslim communities in India has […]