“A spiritual crisis”: US centre rethinks spiritual leadership for a climate-changed world
MARIKA PROCTOR, of Religion News Service, reports that at The BTS Center in Portland, Maine, thinking about the spiritual sector’s response to climate change is fueled by a common conviction: that the climate crisis is a spiritual crisis…
Last maternity clinic in Ukraine-controlled Donbas a lifeline as war closes in
Pokrovsk, Ukraine Reuters In the last specialist maternity ward still under Ukrainian control in the eastern Donbas region, the windows are packed with sandbags. Rooms used for births at the Perinatal Centre in the city of Pokrovsk follow the two-wall rule, which says the safest parts of a building are separated from the outside by […]
Essay: James Webb telescope – a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show, and how it will change astronomy
Following the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope this week, MARTIN BARSTOW, professor of astrophyics and space science at the University of Leicester, explains – in an article first published on The Conversation – what they show…
German Government not doing enough to help poor homes with inflation, says charity
Berlin, GermanyReuters The German Government should create a €5.4 billion emergency relief package to cushion the blow of rising living costs on low-income households, a study said on Wednesday. Food, housing and energy make up nearly two-thirds of consumption for households in the bottom 20 per cent of income levels, while that figure is only […]
Wow!: First known depictions of Biblical heroines Jael and Deborah uncovered in Israel
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on a remarkable find…
Saddleback elders say no “pattern of abuse” found in investigation of new pastor
RNS Leaders of one of the largest and most prominent congregations in the US say their new pastor has been cleared of allegations of abuse at his previous church. In June, Andy Wood, pastor of Echo Church, a multi-site church based in San Jose, California, was named the new pastor at Saddleback Church and the […]