Shia LaBeouf finds “something way bigger than myself” as he preps for Padre Pio biopic
Vatican CityRNS Shia LaBeouf is known for going to extremes to prepare for his movie roles, scarring his face and having a tooth pulled to get in character. For the 2014 movie Fury, he reportedly refused to shower for weeks to imitate the deprivations of warfare. But even LaBeouf was impressed by the life of a Capuchin […]
Essay: What’s next for the US in Afghanistan? Four essential projects
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, an in article first published on Religion News Service, looks at “unfinished business” in Afghanistan…
Postcards: With Assam silk and trees, Indians fight climate change and trafficking
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on an initiative to help small scale weavers in India’s north-east…
Relatives of Philippine drug war victims alarmed by Duterte’s talk of staying on
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Philippine activists and the families of victims in a drug war that has killed thousands view with dread the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte staying on as vice-president for six more years after his time in the top job ends next year. The constitution bars a re-election bid by Duterte, 76, but […]
Israeli rabbis ask Pope to clarify remarks on Jewish law
Vatican CityReuters Israel’s top Jewish religious authorities have told the Vatican they are concerned about comments that Pope Francis made about their books of sacred law and have asked for a clarification. In a letter seen by Reuters, Rabbi Rasson Arousi, chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for Dialogue with the […]