In the US, Lutheran bishop issues public apology to Latino congregation
United StatesAP Elizabeth A Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, issued a public apology Tuesday to members of a majority Latino immigrant congregation for the pain and trauma they endured after the predominantly white denomination’s first openly transgender bishop unexpectedly fired their pastor. Speaking during the 2022 Churchwide Assembly being held […]
Essay: Facial recognition, migrants and techism
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, argues that law-makers are focusing too much on technology, relying on it as the main prism through which to observe and evaluate human behaviour…
This Life: God saves your tears in His bottle
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article published on ASSIST News Service, writes about how God remembers all our tears – and why that’s a comfort…
In the UK, London church launches project exploring possible health benefits of music in church
Norwich, UK St Augustine said, “he who sings, prays twice”. But does church music also have a health benefit? A new research project is seeking to find out. St Paul’s Knightsbridge, a Church of England church in west London, has obtained a grant from Scientists in Congregations to explore the health benefits of music in worship. […]
Vatican cardinal honours Jewish convert, tells his own story
Rome, ItalyAP A Vatican cardinal marked the 80th anniversary Tuesday of the gas chamber killing of the Jewish-born Catholic convert Edith Stein by celebrating a Mass near the former Auschwitz death camp and telling the story of his own family’s Jewish origins and their fate under the Nazis. Michael Czerny is one of cardinals most […]