Pandemic boosted resilience, hurt financial health of Black churches, says US report
United StatesRNS Black majority congregations in the US, known for their high levels of community outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic, have remained the most stable in combined attendance – in person and online – compared with multi-racial and white majority congregations. But they are also facing the greatest monetary struggles, with 34 per cent reporting […]
Essay: Permacrisis – what it means and why it’s word of the year for 2022
In an article first published on The Conversation, NEIL TURNBULL, head of English, linguistics and philosophy at Nottingham Trent University, looks at why the Collins Dictionary named “permacrisis” as its word of the year for 2022…
Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty – UN report
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any given day, the UN’s International Labour Organization said on Monday upon releasing its modern slavery report. Crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and climate change […]
COVID helps lift homelessness among Australian youth to “alarming” levels, says Mission Australia
Geelong, Australia As many as one in 20 Australian young people aged 15-to-19-years-old reported experiencing homelessness for the first time during the COVID pandemic, according to a new survey from Mission Australia. The figure is a significant increase on the one in 25 who reported experiencing homelessness in a 2017 report. Data from the organisation’s […]
Essay: Seven ways a national COVID-19 day of mourning can help us heal
JAMIE ATEN and KENT ANNAN, of the Humanitarian Diasster Institute at Wheaton College in the US, writing against the backdrop of the first anniversary of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, look at the importance of publicly marking the anniversaries of disasters and tragedies…
Vatican projects nearly €50 million deficit due to COVID losses
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican said Friday it expects a deficit of nearly €50 million this year because of pandemic-related losses, a figure that grows to €80 million when donations from the faithful are excluded. The Vatican released a summary of its 2021 budget that was approved by Pope Francis and the Holy See’s Council for […]