Forced relocation or safe haven?: US cities push the homeless to live in tent camps
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how some US cities tackling a surge of street homelessness are offering official camps while penalising people sleeping in public elsewhere…
At Lambeth, Anglican Communion abandons vote on same-sex marriage
Canterbury England RNS The prejudice felt by gay people over same-sex marriage is the new racism, according to the head of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, in an interview with Religion News Service on Tuesday, said that in the United States, “the issue of gay […]
Essay: America’s original sin must be addressed, not ignored
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, says the tragedy of slavery can never be erased or undone, but it must be addressed and atoned for on a national level…
European court refuses to intervene in case of British boy on life support
London, UK Reuters Europe’s human rights court on Wednesday refused a request from the parents of a 12-year-old British boy with brain damage to intervene in a decision to remove life support. The verdict from the European Court of Human Rights follows unsuccessful appeals by 12-year-old Archie Battersbee’s parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee at […]
Sight-Seeing: A tight job market is a chance for Christians to rethink work
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says ‘ministry’ is not defined by who signs our payslip…
Hearing pain of Canada school survivors felt like slaps, Pope says
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain of survivors of Canada’s residential school system “like slaps” and that the Catholic Church has to face up to its responsibility for institutions that abused children and tried to erase Indigenous cultures. The Pope dedicated his talk at his weekly general audience to his […]