Biden to nominate Joseph Donnelly as Vatican ambassador
Washington DC, USRNS President Joe Biden has announced his intention to nominate former lawmaker and anti-abortion Democrat Joseph Donnelly to serve as his Vatican ambassador. The White House unveiled the impending nomination to the Holy See post on Friday, setting in motion the confirmation process weeks before a meeting is rumoured to be taking place […]
Standing in the paddock
For many of us, this is our approach to God: We stand in a paddock, blaspheme at the top of our lungs, and since nothing happens – no lightning bolt – we think God isn’t there. Thank God, things are not that way. PICTURE: Eugene Triguba/Unsplash Rather, life is thick. That is, you can do […]
The Interview: Fisk Jubilee Singers continue to sing spirituals 150 years later
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Paul Kwami, musical director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers about how the ensemble began, who should sing spirituals and which of the songs are his favourites…
‘Dippy’ wows the crowds at Norwich Cathedral in the UK
Norwich, UK Few visitors to a UK cathedral would expect to see a 26 metre long dinosaur in the nave – but that is just what has been pulling in the crowds keen to see the much loved ‘Dippy the Diplodocus’ from Natural History Museum, London. Canon Andy Bryant of Norwich Cathedral explained that ‘Dippy’ that […]
Essay: PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other stalled?
IAN KEMISH, a former Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and now an adjunct professor at the The University of Queensland, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at how two Pacific nations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic…