Mexico investigates troops over video of “execution” of five men
Mexico CityReuters Mexican prosecutors are investigating what the country’s president on Wednesday called an “execution” after soldiers were filmed beating and then shooting five men they pulled from a crashed pick-up truck. The investigation, confirmed by the defense ministry, follows the publication by media outlets on Tuesday of a video dated 18th May from the […]
In the US, Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
United StatesRNS Religious leaders reacted swiftly – with legislative appeals and collective grief – to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. An image of Tyre Nichols and the words “JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS” are projected onto a […]
New video captures sexist comments to women ministers – read by male counterparts
RNS “I can’t concentrate on your sermon because you’re so pretty.” “You do a really good job. But I think Scripture is more meaningful if read with a male voice.” “I keep picturing you naked under your robe.” For female ministers in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, comments like these […]
Austrian Chancellor, President to discuss election after far-right video scandal
ViennaReuters Austria’s Chancellor and President will discuss a date on Sunday for an early parliamentary election and the makeup of a caretaker government, after a video sting brought down the leader of the far-right junior partners in the ruling coalition. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on his coalition and called for a snap election […]
Pope Francis – “Persecutors don’t care about denominations”
World Watch Monitor Pope Francis has urged all Christians to pray for fellow believers who are persecuted for their faith, saying that “those who persecute them make no distinction between the religious communities to which they belong”. “How many people are being persecuted because of their faith, forced to abandon their homes, their places of […]