Swiss Catholic church orders study of past sexual abuse
Geneva, Switzerland AP The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland have asked two academics to lead a study into the Swiss church’s history of sexual exploitation since the mid-20th century, joining other churches in other countries in Europe and beyond to undergo such a reckoning. The Swiss Conference of Bishops and two other […]
Things or people?
So many problems happen in our world when we start treating people as things not people. PICTURE: Kai Tremblay/Unsplash. We’ve seen it with countless royal commissions and public scandals. The way men end up treating women, when they treat women as things not people, all the way to Canberra. Consumerism and capitalism – when we […]
Coptic Orthodox Church: In the California desert, a monastery welcomes visitors again
LIZA VANDENBOOM ASHLEY, writing for Religion Unplugged, visits the first Coptic monastery in the United States – the second oldest in the world outside Egypt…
African faith leaders combat misleading theologies that promise cures for COVID-19
Nairobi, Kenya RNS When some African church pastors ordered their followers to eat grass or gulp petrol or even drink poison-laced water, their congregations have obeyed the instructions, thinking the practices would bring them closer to God. Many other pastors take their wellness advice a notch higher, claiming to heal conditions such as disability and […]
Essay: Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action
US scientists MATTHEW SAVOCA, ANNA ROBUCK and LAUREN KASHIWABARA – in an article published on The Conversation, explain why the US needs a national strategy to tackle plastic pollution…