Wow!: Zimbabwean non-profit promotes ‘God’s way’ of farming
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on the work of Foundations for Farming…
Pope OKs Canada trip to help healing with Indigenous peoples; popes get third shot
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children, the Vatican said on Wednesday. In a brief statement, the Holy See’s press office said that the Canadian Conference […]
Most Europeans think governments will miss climate goals, poll finds
Brussels, BelgiumReuters A majority of European Union citizens think their government will fail to tackle climate change, which Europeans view as the biggest challenge facing humanity this century, a survey published by the European Investment Bank on Wednesday showed. Of 27,700 survey respondents in the EU’s 27 countries, 58 per cent said they believed their […]
World Bank halts Sudan operations in blow to coup leaders, strike calls gain support
Khartoum, SudanReuters The World Bank halted disbursements for operations in Sudan on Wednesday in response to the military’s seizure of power from a transitional government, while state oil company workers, doctors and pilots joined civilian groups opposing the takeover. Thousands of people have taken to the streets since Monday’s coup led by armed forces chief […]
Brazil Senate committee approves report calling for Bolsonaro to be indicted
Brasilia, BrazilReuters A Brazilian Senate investigative committee approved a report on Tuesday that calls for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including crimes against humanity. The report, which is more than 1,300 pages long and took the opposition-controlled committee about six months to prepare, […]
Pope to visit Cyprus and Greece, including Lesbos island, on 2nd to 6th December
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece, including the Greek island of Lesbos to meet migrants, from 2nd to 6th December, a Vatican source said on Tuesday. Francis will stay in Cyprus from 2nd to 4th December his first visit to the ethnically split Mediterranean island, the source said. Pope Francis arrives to […]
StrangeSights: One original artwork and 999 copies; Jerusalem’s talking bin; and, Germany’s ‘Beard Olympics’…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Russia’s remote permafrost thaws, threatening homes and infrastructure
Churapcha, Russia Reuters The old airport in the Siberian settlement of Churapcha has been unusable for years, its runway transformed into a swampy field of puffed-up mounds and reliefs. Like cities and towns across northern and north-eastern Russia, Churapcha is suffering the consequence of climate change thawing the permafrost on which everything is built. “There isn’t […]
Texas executions delayed over religious rights claims
Houston, Texas, USAP The unresolved legal debate over whether spiritual advisers can touch inmates and pray aloud as condemned individuals are being put to death has delayed the final two executions scheduled this year in Texas. The delays come as the US Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments next month in the case of another Texas […]
Biden to meet Pope amid pressure from anti-abortion US bishops
Vatican CityReuters Devout Roman Catholic Joe Biden meets Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday at a time when the US President is under pressure from conservatives in the Church for his conflicted position in the dispute over abortion rights. Biden goes to weekly Mass regularly and keeps a picture of the Pope behind his […]