Abuse conviction aftermath: Will La Luz Del Mundo persist with leader behind bars?
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on what experts are saying about the future of the La Luz del Mundo church following the jailing of its leader…
Orthodox Christian web forum blocked by Russia over Ukraine coverage
United StatesRNS Sergei Chapnin, a senior fellow at Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center, was at an academic conference in early June when he began to hear from people in Russia that his articles on Public Orthodoxy, a blog hosted by the centre, weren’t available. He soon discovered that the Russian government had blocked the […]
Essay: Answering the refugee crisis as a matter of faith
In an article first published on Religion News Service, WASEEM AHMAD, ANNE BURGHARDT, and MARK HETFIELD say faith groups are usually the first responders when people are displaced, and the last…
In Brazil, former education minister and evangelical pastor is jailed in graft probe
Brasilia, BrazilAP A former education minister of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a federal police corruption investigation, further hurting the far-right leader’s bid for reelection. Milton Ribeiro left the post in March after Brazilian media reported leaked conversations of him with mayors who would allegedly be favored by the […]
Postcards: In Italy, a glimmer of resurrection for art damaged in 2016 quakes
PHILIP PULLELLA, of Reuters, reports from San Severino March on the fate of church artworks after a series of earthquakes struck in 2016…
Killed Italian envoy’s widow tearfully tells Pope of husband’s aid work
Vatican CityReuters The Muslim widow of the Italian ambassador killed last year in Democratic Republic of Congo broke into tears on Wednesday as she told Pope Francis of her Catholic husband’s commitment to help African children. Luca Attanasio, his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo were killed during a botched kidnapping on a […]