UN Security Council calls for end to Ethiopia conflict
United NationsReuters The UN Security Council on Friday called for an end to the fighting in Ethiopia and for talks on a lasting ceasefire as the 15-member body expressed deep concern in a rare statement about the expansion and intensification of military clashes. The council also “called for refraining from inflammatory hate speech and incitement […]
US has seen proof of life for some kidnapped missionaries in Haiti, official says
Washington DC, USReuters The US Government has seen proof that at least some members of the group of American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti last month are alive, according to a senior Biden administration official. The official, who declined to be named, did not give further details. Signs on the door of the Christian […]
Migrants injured after clashes with National Guard troops in southern Mexico
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Dozens of migrants traveling north to Mexico City clashed with the National Guard in the southern state of Chiapas on Thursday, near to where a Cuban national was killed on Sunday by the militarized police force. The group of mostly Central American women and children resumed their journey on Monday in the […]
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Greek Church urges faithful to get vaccinated as cases spike
Athens, GreeceAP Greece’s powerful Orthodox Church Thursday urged members of its congregations to attend services with vaccination or test certificates, as the country’s daily number of confirmed new infections hit a record high for the second time in a few days. The governing Holy Synod of the church made the recommendations in a directive sent […]
Displaced by war, Yemenis converge on Marib’s camps as frontline closes in
Marib, YemenReuters In his eighties, Mohammed Hadi al-Harmali has been uprooted four times by shifting frontlines during the seven years of Yemen’s brutal civil war. Out of money and bedridden with a spinal problem, he is now confined to a tent in a makeshift camp outside Marib city, the last northern stronghold of pro-government forces and where […]
Rights group raises alarm over threat to women in El Salvador
San Salvador, El SalvadorReuters An international rights watchdog named El Salvador the most unsafe country for women in Latin America and the Caribbean in a new report published Wednesday. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in the report it had “great concern” over El Salvador and called on the government to strengthen protections of […]
Pope: Church, shamed by sex abuse, must better protect kids
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Thursday called on all those who work with children, starting from the scandal-stained Catholic Church, to join together in an alliance to better prevent sexual and other abuse of minors. In a message to a conference in Rome about keeping children safe, Francis said the church’s own efforts are driven […]
Orthodox Patriarch ‘recovering well’ in New York hospital
New York City, USAP The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians was recovering well in a New York hospital Thursday after a medical procedure delayed his return home to Turkey at the end of a US visit, according to a doctor who treated him. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was in good spirits and feeling “very spiffy” […]
Religious liberty: Foes of death penalty offer spiritual support at executions
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, looks at how people of faith are involved in a bid to overturn a Texas policing banning pastors from praying audibly or laying their hands on the condemned…