A heritage preserved: How music saved the oldest Anglican church in Chile
GRACIELA IBÁÑEZ, writing for Religion Unplugged, reports on the history – and future – of St Paul’s Cathedral in Valparaíso…
Pope Francis puts Jews’ desperate wartime appeals to Pope Pius XII online
Vatican CityRNS After opening its trove of Pius XII’s papers to scholars in 2020, the Vatican is making available to the public almost 40,000 files containing appeals by Jews fearing Nazi persecution for help from the wartime Pope. The decision, announced on Thursday, follows reports by researchers and academics suggesting that the controversial Pope prioritised […]
Essay: Why nonsense stories about the Pope resigning keep popping up
US Catholic columnist THOMAS REESE says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that Pope Francis can still perform his papal duties as long as his mind is clear…
Attacks in Sudan’s Darfur bring new surge in people fleeing their homes
Khartoum, SudanReuters Violence in western Sudan this month alone has displaced more than 84,000 people, doubling the number of those driven from their homes so far this year, according to UN reports. The numbers are the highest since January, 2021. Last year, at least 440,500 were displaced, five times more than in 2020, according to […]
This Life: Trusting God with the bigger picture
SAMANTHA ELLEY reflects on trusting God, even when our prayers aren’t answered as we’d like…
“Just rumours”: Cardinal Parolin dismisses chatter about Pope’s plan to resign
Vatican CityRNS Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the second-highest-ranking official at the Vatican, told reporters on Thursday that reports predicting Pope Francis will retire due to his ailing health “are just rumours.” “There is nothing to comment on,” Parolin said when asked about the possibility that Francis might follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Pope Benedict […]
Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals
United StatesRNS Commissioners for the Presbyterian Church in America approved a motion to leave the National Association of Evangelicals on Wednesday at the PCA’s General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s the third time in the past decade the theologically conservative Presbyterian denomination has considered a measure to leave the association, an umbrella organisation of 40 […]