Heartbroken relatives protest Mexico’s missing on Mother’s Day
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Karla Rios held up a banner with pictures of her sister and niece at the Mexican capital’s monument to mothers on Tuesday – just two among thousands of people in Mexico who have disappeared in recent years without trace, leaving anguished relatives without answers. Rios said her two family members were last […]
Bishop Vashti McKenzie to lead US National Council of Churches for next two years
RNS Bishop Vashti McKenzie, a recently retired bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, has been named the interim president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches, the ecumenical organisation announced on Tuesday. McKenzie succeeds Jim Winkler, who left the post on 31st January after serving in the role since 2013. She officially […]
Rising prices: Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa
NELSON BANYA, of Reuters, reports on how the conflict in Ukraine is contributing to massive price rises in Africa…
Philippines election winner Marcos tells world to judge him by actions, not family’s past
Manila, PhilippinesReuters The son of the disgraced late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos vowed on Tuesday to work for all people after his stunning election victory, and told the world to judge him by his presidency, not his family’s past. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, better known as “Bongbong”, become the first candidate in recent history to win […]
Essay: Oberammergau Passion Play enters a new era
Rabbi NOAM E MARANS, director of interreligious and intergroup relations at the American Jewish Committee, and PETER A PETTIT, teaching pastor at St Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, US, look, in an article first published on Religion News Service, at how the Oberammergau Passion Play has evolved…
Sight-Seeing: Why is the church failing in the West?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE explores why the Catholic Church is “failing in many Western countries”…
Ukraine death toll “thousands higher” than reported; at least 3,000 have died for want of disease treatment – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official UN death toll of 3,381, the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission for the country said on Tuesday. The United Nations team, which includes 55 monitors in Ukraine, has said most of the […]
Pope’s wheelchair use an example to older adults, cardinal says
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis’ willingness to work despite knee pain that has made walking nearly impossible shows other older adults that they have wisdom and experience to offer younger generations, a top Vatican cardinal said Tuesday. Cardinal Kevin Farrell offered the assessment as he introduced Francis’ message for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. […]