South Africans blame city as cholera cases rise
Hammanskraal, South Africa Reuters South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in the country’s most populous province. The health department in Gauteng province declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres north of capital Pretoria, in […]
Caring for the vulnerable: Extending a financial lifeline, Episcopal Church credit union launches in the Bronx
MEGAN SALIASHVILI, of Religion News Service, reports on how a church-run credit union is making a difference to people living in New York’s Bronx…
After two mass shootings, can Serbia rid itself of guns?
Belgrade, SerbiaReuters After Serbia was rocked by two mass shootings in two days earlier in May, Branko, 54, surrendered his unlicensed arms under a government amnesty: four assault rifles, nine handguns, eight grenades and many boxes of ammunition. The huge cache of weapons handed over by just one veteran of the wars that tore apart […]
Essay: Canada’s Modern Slavery Act is the start – not the end – of efforts to address the issue in supply chains
In an article first published on The Conversation, KAM PHUNG and GENEVIEVE LEBARON say the enactment of what many are calling Canada’s Modern Slavery Act is an important milestone, yet it should only be viewed as the beginning of efforts to address modern slavery in supply chains…
Vatican confirms August trip by Pope to Lisbon for World Youth Day, including Fatima stop
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis will travel to Portugal for World Youth Day in the first week of August and include a stop at the popular Marian shrine in Fatima, the Vatican said Monday. The 2nd to 6th August visit is longer than originally expected and covers almost the entire week of the big Catholic rally […]
The Leader: Australian Anglican Bishop Mark Calder
In a new column that explores a range of issues in conversation with Christian leaders, JO KADLECEK speaks with Mark Calder, Anglican Bishop of Bathurst in the Australian state of New South Wales…
Intel wins 2023’s most faith-friendly company as Fortune 500 warms to religious diversity
United StatesRNS On 3rd January, ESPN host Dan Orlovsky stunned viewers when he broke into prayer for Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills player who went into cardiac arrest the night before, on a live broadcast. “God, we come to you in these moments that we don’t understand, that are hard because we believe that you’re […]