Essay: Taking the heat out of global warming
Australian Pentecostal pastor ROB BUCKINGHAM, a spokesman for the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, says understanding the complexities of climate change through compassionate eyes changes our view…
The Conversation: Kirk Franklin rereleases ‘Lean on Me’ with virtual global children’s choir
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Grammy winner Kirk Franklin why he’s released a remake of his ‘Lean on Me’ single, its message and what he learned from the young participants…
Extreme poverty in Venezuela rises to 76.6 per cent – study
Caracas, VenezuelaReuters Around three-fourths of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty as the once-prosperous OPEC nation’s hyperinflationary economic collapse continued for a seventh straight year, according to a study published on Wednesday. The 2020-2021 National Survey of Living Conditions (ENCOVI), conducted by researchers at Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB), found that of the country’s 28 […]
National Baptist Convention USA president questions “hypocritical” mandate views
RNS The president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, closed the annual session of his denomination this week with critiques of cultural conflicts and Christian nationalism. “I am pro-life – always have been – but I’m puzzled,” Rev Jerry Young said in the presidential address at his denomination’s virtual annual session on Tuesday. “What is […]