Brazil renews protection of little-seen Amazon tribe for six months
Brasilia, BrazilReuters The only two known male members of the Piripkura tribe in Brazil live in isolation on ancestral lands the size of Luxembourg in the Amazon rainforest, resisting decades of invasion by loggers and cattle ranchers. Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency Funai renewed a protection order on Friday for the 242,500-hectare area in western Mato […]
Base booster or blasphemy? Bible-quoting pro-Trump billboard raises eyebrows in Georgia
RNS A large billboard bearing former President Donald Trump’s image next to a Bible quote appeared on a north-west Georgia road late last week. The ad, comparing Trump to Jesus, disappeared a few days later, leaving behind a flurry of confusion and outrage. “Unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon […]
She spent three years in church sanctuary in the US. A new documentary tells her story.
RNS Edith Espinal, who spent more than three years in church sanctuary to ride out the Trump administration’s harsh immigration crackdown, is having a pretty good September. Last week, the 44-year-old Mexican native was granted a work permit, giving her hope that she will be able to support herself seven months after securing assurances she […]
Former Liberian military leader liable for church massacre
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USAP A former Liberian military commander who supervised the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed civilians at a church during that country’s civil war in 1990 is liable under US law for participating in extrajudicial killings and torture, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled. The decision was issued Wednesday against Moses W Thomas and in […]
Mission in the age of COVID: Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies
HOLLY MEYER, of Associated Press, reports on how US missionary agencies are grappling with the idea of COVID-19 vaccine mandates…
Ahead of right-wing rally, Washington DC churches ask for extra police protection
Washington DC, USRNS Houses of worship in the nation’s capital will receive additional police protection ahead of a right-wing rally this weekend after members of the militant group Proud Boys destroyed and burned church banners in December, 2020. In a letter sent to Washington Metropolitan Police officials on Thursday, Asbury Methodist Church’s pastor, Rev Ianther […]
UN faces $US100 trillion shortfall in fight against climate change, inequality – report
London, UKReuters Global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change face a $US100 trillion funding shortfall and are likely to be missed unless 10 per cent of global economic output is directed to the UN targets every year to 2030, a report on Friday said. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals set targets on everything […]
US says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians, including children, in “tragic mistake”
Washington DC, US Reuters A drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many as 10 civilians, including seven children, the US military said on Friday, apologizing for what it called a “tragic mistake”. The Pentagon had said the 29th August strike targeted an Islamic State suicide bomber who posed an imminent threat to US-led […]