Fighting for their future: In Ecuador’s Amazon, youth take up the battle against oil pollution
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how young activists in the oil town of Lago Agrio are demanding government action to remove gas flares in the rainforest following a landmark court ruling…
Pope greets Russian Patriarch, criticised for “naïve” policy; Orthodox leader “disappointed” over Russian church’s stance on Ukraine war
AP Pope Francis has sent a protocol greeting to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, assuring him of prayers on his patron’s feast day and stressing the value of human life and wisdom, as the Vatican insists on maintaining cordial relations amid the war in Ukraine. ORTHODOX SPIRITUAL LEADER SAYS RUSSIAN CHURCH HAS ‘DISAPPOINTED US’ […]
Essay: After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails – but states often loosen gun laws
In an article published on The Conversation, CHRISTOPHER POLIQUIN, a professor at UCLA who has researched gun policy, looks at what’s happened legislatively in the past after mass shootings – and why we should look beyond Washington for action on gun policy…
Pfizer to sell all its patented drugs at non-profit price in low-income countries
Reuters Pfizer Inc will make all of its patented medicines including COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid and big-selling breast cancer drug Ibrance available at a not-for-profit price to 45 of the world’s poorest countries, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. These countries lack good access to innovative treatments. It can take four to seven years longer for new […]
Sight-Seeing: Be different to make a difference
In an edited excerpt from his new book ‘Religious Freedom In A Secular Age’, MICHAEL F BIRD looks at what it is that makes Christians stand out from the crowd…
Texas faith leaders accompany Uvalde community, decry gun culture after school rampage
United StatesRNS San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller was driving back to Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday morning – after having spent most of the previous night there accompanying families in the wake of one of the deadliest school shootings – when he passed by an advertisement promoting guns in the Lone Star State. “We want children […]