With selfies and salutes, Britain’s generations mark Queen’s passing
London/Edinburgh, UKReuters Some shed tears or wore military uniforms and medals, others took selfies and video-called distant friends and relatives. All felt they were playing a small part in history. Four days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, London and Edinburgh were the focus of pomp and ceremony mourning the passing of Britain’s monarch […]
Volunteers
I’ve been thinking about some of the modern-day miracles in Australia, as an antidote to the negativity in the world. We have a bunch of organisations in Australia that I consider miraculous. A St John’s Ambulance vehicle in Adelaide, Australia. PICTURE: moisseyev/iStockphoto. Volunteer groups that simply exist to help others, and often in the most extreme […]
The Interview: Asian American authors Sabrina S Chan, E David de Leon and La Thao on their new book, ‘Learning Our Names’
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, speaks to three of the four authors of a new book about their experiences as Asian American Christians…
‘Media nuns’ say goodbye to sweet home Chicago after more than 40 years
Chicago, United StatesRNS When the Daughters of St Paul received permission from Chicago’s then-Cardinal John Cody to open a bookstore in downtown Chicago in 1979, they hurried to make it happen in time for Pope John Paul II’s visit to the city later that year. By the time the Pope’s motorcade drove down Michigan Avenue […]
Essay: How a new monarch will affect everyday lives
In an article first published on The Conversation, PAULINE MACLARAN, a professor of marketing and consumer research at Royal Holloway University of London, looks at how the accession of a new king impacts the daily lives of people in the UK (and, to some extent, elsewhere in places like Australia)…
WHO sees October COVID surge in Ukraine, cites polio concerns
JerusalemReuters The World Health Organisation expects a rise in COVID-19 in Ukraine to peak in October, possibly bringing hospitals close to their capacity threshold, WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “We are now seeing an increase in cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine. We project that transmission could peak in early October and hospitals […]
Sight-Seeing: Suicide is not a sin to be judged
JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says views among believers and faith leaders concerning suicide have evolved to be more sensitive and compassionate…
Pope heads to Kazakh interfaith congress, without Patriarch
Vatican City/Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanAP Pope Francis had hoped his trip to Kazakhstan this week would offer a chance to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church – who has justified the war in Ukraine – and plead for peace. Patriarch Kirill bowed out a few weeks ago, but Francis is going ahead with the […]