Breaking: At least 19 students killed in Texas school shooting
Updated: 9am, 26th May, 2022 (AEST)United States At least 19 students and a teacher have been killed at an elementary school in Texas. The shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 135 kilometres west of San Antonio. The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos from Uvalde, is believed to have been killed by […]
Churches of Serbia, North Macedonia, end decades-old dispute
Skopje, North Macedonia AP The head of Serbia’s Orthodox Church said Tuesday that he would recognise the full independence of the church in neighbouring North Macedonia, signaling an end to a decades-old religious dispute. The Macedonian Church unilaterally announced its independence, or autocephaly, from the Serbian Church in 1967, while the two predominantly Orthodox republics […]
Top Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers
United StatesAP Top administrative leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said Tuesday that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. An attorney for the SBC’s Executive Committee announced the decision during a virtual meeting called in response to […]
Ukrainian refugees: After three months, host cities struggle to find jobs, homes for displaced
JOANNA PLUCINSKA and MICHAEL KAHN, of Reuters, report on the challenges facing communities hosting Ukrainian refugees in Europe…
New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Tuesday named a bishop in his own image, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as the new head of the Italian bishops conference, as the Italian Catholic Church comes under mounting pressure to confront its legacy of clerical sexual abuse with an independent inquiry. Francis’ widely expected choice was announced during the second […]
Essay: If Nancy Pelosi is denied Communion, why not William Barr?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN GEHRING, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life, says that moves to punish one and celebrate the other reveals how some Catholic leaders act like mere partisans…
Wow!: Finnish city taps sewers for energy in sprint for net zero
ALISTER DOYLE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Turku, Finland’s oldest city, has slashed emissions by more than half and is now looking to heat from sewage to get to net zero…
Hong Kong Catholic cardinal criticises China deal after national security arrest
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen – in his first public remarks since he was arrested in a national security case earlier this month – on Tuesday criticised the Vatican for its “unwise” deal with China that is due for renewal in September. Zen, a 90-year-old retired Bishop of Hong Kong, is one […]
Russian defender of 18th-century Crimea proposed for sainthood
Reuters Russia’s defence minister has proposed that 18th-century tsarist general Alexander Suvorov, revered for repelling Turkish attacks against Crimea and crushing a revolutionary movement in Poland, be made a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. The proposal comes as Russia marks three months since it sent its armed forces into Ukraine, saying it needed to […]