Sight-Seeing: How a Western megachurch pastor fell in love with Eastern meditation
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JARRETT STEVENS, pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago and author of ‘Praying Through: Overcoming the Obstacles That Keep Us From God’, looks at the value of meditation in the Christian walk…
New book by Pope Francis points to continuity with predecessor John Paul II
Vatican City RNS While the newly elected Pope John Paul II stood before Catholic cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on the 16th October, 1978, half a world away in Argentina a middle-aged priest named Jorge Mario Bergoglio was following the election on the radio of his car. In that moment began a connection between the […]
WHO brands coronavirus “public enemy number one”
Guangzhou, China/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, the country’s senior medical adviser said on Tuesday, but deaths surpassed 1,000 and the World Health Organization warned of a global threat potentially worse than terrorism. The world must “wake up and consider this enemy virus as public enemy number one,” […]
Migrants raped and trafficked as US and Mexico tighten borders, charity says
Mexico City, Mexico Thomson Reuters Foundation Central American migrants are being kidnapped, raped and trafficked in Mexico as they seek to enter the United States amid a migration crackdown, a medical charity said on Tuesday. In Mexico’s Nuevo Laredo city – separated from the United States by the Rio Grande – almost 80 per cent […]
Green transport set to overtake cars in world’s major cities by 2030
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation From public transport to cycling, sustainable transport is on course to overtake driving in the world’s biggest cities within a decade, according to a study released on Monday. Private car trips will drop by 10 per cent on average by 2030 to make up less than half of all city […]
China reports record daily virus death toll as total passes 1,000, but new cases fall
Shanghai, China Reuters China reported 108 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, a daily record, bringing the total number of people killed in the country to 1,016, but the number of new cases fell. There were 2,478 new confirmed cases on the mainland on 10th February, down from 3,062 on the previous day, bringing the total […]
Australian High Court rules Indigenous people can’t be deported
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia’s highest court on Tuesday ruled two Indigenous men cannot be deported even though they were born overseas and never applied for citizenship, in a landmark ruling for the country’s first inhabitants. Australia’s conservative government has in recent months moved to deport hundreds of foreigners convicted of crimes as part of an […]
Kenyan Seventh-Day Adventists want religious freedom – and atheists have become their greatest ally
Nairobi, Kenya Religion Unplugged In Western Kenya, a group of atheists want to protect religious freedom. After a principal suspended 17 Seventh-day Adventist students for refusing to sit for exams held on Saturday, when they observe sabbath, the country’s main association of atheists threatened to sue him for infringing on the students’ religious freedom. Atheists […]
Eating
When it came to food my mum brought me up really well. We were taught to eat everything on our plate. Vegetables, salad, whatever. “There’s starving kids in Africa – and you won’t get any dessert.” PICTURE: Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash Having two brothers vying for food was also pretty good motivation. The only problem is, […]
CLIMATE: CITIES EXPERIMENT WITH BIG IDEAS TO CONFRONT “EMERGENCY”
MEGAN ROWLING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how cities are looking to cut emissions faster and improve the quality of life within urban contexts…