Survey in Britain finds lack of awareness about Holocaust
Jerusalem, IsraelAP A survey released Wednesday found what organisers say is a lack of awareness in Britain about the Holocaust and a major episode in the country’s rescue of Jews ahead of World War II. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, a New York-based group that negotiates restitution for Holocaust victims, said that […]
In pandemic, Americas also facing crisis in routine vaccines – health group
Bogota, ColombiaReuters The Americas is facing an impending crisis in routine vaccinations because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday, and vaccinations against COVID are behind where they should be. Vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, influenza, whooping cough, tetanus and other illnesses are all likely to increase if immunisations fall, PAHO […]
YouVersion Bible app becomes first faith-based app to hit 500 million installations
Religion Unplugged The Bible app YouVersion has been installed on over 500 million devices worldwide since its launch in 2008, creators announced Wednesday. It’s the first faith-based app to reach that number. YouVersion reported that its users read or listened to about 64 billion chapters of the Bible on the app this year. That’s a significant […]
Portrait of poverty: UN visits Tripoli, Lebanon, poorest place on Med
MAYA GEBEILY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on what United Nations’ special rapporteur on poverty Olivier de Schutter found when he visited Tripoli as part of a fact-finding mission to Lebanon…
Amid COVID-19, most US churches provide hybrid worship, half stopped picnics
RNS Eight in 10 US churches now provide hybrid services, offering options for congregants to worship either in person or online during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. Almost a quarter of churches, the report said, have moderate to severe conflicts about pandemic restrictions. PICTURE: Gabriella […]
Essay: War and soldiers have changed over a century. Chaplains remain a powerful force.
As the US marks Veterans Day and Remembrance Day is marked around the world, JOE DRAPE, author of a new book on US Korean War chaplain Rev Emil Kapaun, says that, in a day when soldiers are often not religiously affiliated, chaplains still make connections across faiths…