Bishops worry divisions on “details” at synod distract from big picture
Vatican CityRNS Halfway into a three-week gathering of bishops at the Vatican to discuss the Amazon region, participants warned that inside divisions over ordination or inculturation risk missing the forest, so to speak, for the trees. “In focusing only on certain themes, there is the risk of losing the broader outlook,” said the Vatican’s chief […]
Faith activists urge UN Environment Assembly to address human side of climate change
Nairobi, KenyaRNS At a small tent on the edge of the UN campus here, environmental activists from the world’s faith traditions huddled on the sidelines of last week’s 11th to 15th March meeting of some 5,000 environmental scientists, politicians and civil society, the fourth gathering of the United Nations Environment Assembly. As the official delegates discussed current […]