Vatican is moving ahead with plan to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia with their families
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican is pressing ahead with a plan to try to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war with their families, a senior Vatican official said. The effort follows an explicit request by Ukraine and Russia has expressed an apparent willingness to engage in the process. The Vatican official spoke to […]
Lifestory: Wanted Hong Kong activist fears for safety, hopes for US asylum
JAMES POMFRET and JESSIE PANG, of Reuters, speak with Anna Kwok, among those recently designated as a fuguitive by the Hong Kong police with a $HK1 million dollar bounty offered for her arrest…
US judge awards Black church $US1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest
Washington DC, USAP A judge on Friday awarded more than $US1 million to a Black church in downtown Washington, DC, that sued the far-right Proud Boys for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 protest. Superior Court Associated Judge Neal A Kravitz also barred the extremist group and its leaders from coming […]
Narendra Modi denies religious discrimination exists in India
Washington DC, USReuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied that discrimination against minorities existed under his government during a press conference with US President Joe Biden on Thursday. Rights groups and the State Department have made detailed allegations of abuses of minorities, dissidents and journalists in India. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a […]
StrangeSights: “Friendly” spiders; a battle over Transformers; and, the “Last Emperor’s” watch…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Biden tells duelling prayer breakfasts that “diversity is one of our greatest strengths”
Washington, US RNS Speaking to a refashioned National Prayer Breakfast gathered at the Capitol with a new board and in a new location, President Joe Biden encouraged leaders of Congress to find ways to unify despite their political and religious differences. “My prayer for this prayer breakfast is to start to see each other again, […]
At March for Life, a jubilant crowd prepares for state-level fights
Washngton DC, US RNS Thousands assembled on Friday to participate in this year’s edition of the anti-abortion March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, DC, where throngs celebrated the fall of Roe v Wade while expressing trepidation as the abortion debate moves to the states. Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, opened […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy goes to Washington seeking ‘weapons, weapons and more weapons’
Washington DC, US/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is travelling to the United States on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden, address Congress and seek “weapons, weapons and more weapons” in his first overseas trip 300 days since Russia invaded its neighbour. Zelenskiy said he was going to Washington for talks with Biden to […]
Biden, Macron vow to hold Russia accountable for “war crimes” in Ukraine
Washington DC, USReuters US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron renewed their commitment to fighting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday in a White House meeting where the allies also acknowledged tensions over handling the economic stress of the war. Biden is hosting Macron at the first state visit since the US leader […]
A “commitment to service”: DC’s faith communities rally to protect bused-in immigrants
EMILY NEIL, of Religion News Service, reports that organising efforts in Washington have become a blueprint for other cities…