This Life: Prayer changes us, not God
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at the power of prayer to shape us in our walk with God…
Ugandan clergy condemn Kampala bombings, ask attackers to repent
Last updated 5.30am, 19th November (AEDT)Kampala, Uganda Religious leaders in Uganda have condemned Tuesday’s bombings in Kampala that left six people dead, including the attackers, and 33 others injured. The clergy termed the bombing “ungodly” and asked the perpetrators to repent of their sin. Scene of one of the bombings in Kampala, Uganda. PICTURE: John […]
US Catholic bishops OK Communion document, avoid direct rebuff to Biden
Baltimore, USAP US Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved a long-anticipated document on Communion on Wednesday that stops short of calling for withholding the sacrament from politicians such as President Joe Biden who support abortion rights but offers plenty of tacit justification for individual bishops to do so. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ first major statement […]
More kids in hospital, schools shut as smog smothers Delhi
New Delhi, IndiaReuters More children are in hospital with breathing problems as pollution levels remain dangerously high in New Delhi, doctors warned on Wednesday, and the government shut five power stations and extended school closures to try to contain the crisis. The city of 20 million was the world’s most polluted capital for the third […]
At least 15 anti-coup protesters shot dead in Sudan, medics say
Updated 9am (AEDT)Khartoum, SudanReuters Security forces shot dead at least 15 people and wounded dozens as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets in protest against last month’s coup on Wednesday on the deadliest day in a month of demonstrations against military rule, medics said. The protesters, marching against an 25th October coup across the […]
Canada floods cut rail link to Vancouver port; one dead
Merritt, British Columbia, CanadaReuters Floods and landslides that have killed at least one person have cut all rail access to Canada’s largest port in the city of Vancouver, a spokesperson for the port said on Tuesday. Two days of torrential rain across the Pacific province of British Columbia touched off major flooding and shut rail […]
More than 1,500 migrants in Mexico caravan regularised, government says
Jesus Carranza, Mexico Reuters More than 1,500 members of a migrant caravan that set off toward the US border from southern Mexico last month have been issued documents to regularise their stay in Mexico, the migration authority said on Tuesday. The National Migration Institute said it had given 1,574 foreign nationals migration cards and ensured […]
More than 1,000 people, mostly Tigrayans, detained in Ethiopia in week – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters At least 1,000 people, mostly ethnic Tigrayans, have been detained in cities across Ethiopia in the past week, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on 2nd November, a year after a conflict erupted between the federal government and forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the political party controlling […]
StrangeSights: World’s largest orchestra?; deer attends church; and, a tree with five different fruits…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Amid Black exodus from Catholic Church in US, young Catholics are pushing the church to address racism
RNS Byron Wratee recalls the silence among white Catholic priests after the killing of Trayvon Martin. Since then, he said, he’s made a conscious decision to attend only Catholic parishes that are majority Black. He’s remained critical of the church’s response to racism and racial justice in the aftermath of numerous police killings of Black […]