Answering battles over doctrine and liturgy, Pope Francis praises unity in the church
Vatican CityRNS On the last day of his apostolic visit to Canada, Pope Francis spoke to a group of Jesuit priests and emphasised the importance of unity among bishops and in the entire church, even as divisions over liturgy and doctrine continued to plague his papacy. A transcript of the Pope’s meeting Friday with 15 […]
Essay: Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why
US-based professor of geography, JOSEPH NEVINS – in an article first published on The Conversation, explores the reasons behind the growing number of deaths on the US-Mexico border…
Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years
Melbourne/Sydney, AustraliaReuters Two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long-term monitoring program reported on Thursday. The recovery in the central and northern stretches of the UNESCO world heritage-listed reef contrasted with the southern region, […]
Lifestory: At 92, John Perkins still mobilises Christian communities
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, profiles John Perkins, Christian minister, activist and community developer and author of the influentiual book, ‘Let Justice Roll Down’…
Furious China fires missiles near Taiwan in drills after Pelosi visit
Taipei, Taiwan Reuters China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island. China’s military confirmed multiple firings of conventional missiles in waters off Taiwan as […]