At Vatican women’s day event, a call for female voices in peace talks
Vatican City RNS As European nations attempt to defend Ukraine without being pulled into a war, an ecumenical group of women representing charitable organisations around the world called for more female representation in peace talks and negotiations. The occasion was an event called “Church and Society: Women as Builders of Dialogue,” organised by Caritas Internationalis, […]
Updated: Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children’s hospital
Updated: 5.30pm (AEDT) Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its third week on Thursday with none of its key objectives reached despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made refugees, and thousands forced to cower in besieged cities under relentless bombardment. Ukrainian forces including citizen-soldiers who only last month never dreamed […]
Syria war escalating, more probes needed into civilian casualties – UN experts
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Syria’s war has escalated in the last months, marked by intensified shelling and aerial bombing by Syrian and Russian forces on rebel-held areas, UN war crimes investigators said on Wednesday. Families in Syria, where rampant inflation hit 140 per cent at the start of 2022, would be hard-hit by any disruption of […]
Thousands of volunteers assisting flood victims in Australian state of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia Thousands of volunteers have rallied to help flood victims in Australia, following the worst flooding disaster on record in the state of New South Wales. Debris in a street in Lismore, New South Wales, following floods. PICTURE: Courtesy of St Vincent de Paul Society Clare Van Doorn, regional director for the north-east of New […]
Orchestra plays national anthem in central Kyiv as Russians advance
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters On a Kyiv square where recent popular uprisings have scuppered Moscow’s ambitions in Ukraine, an orchestra assembled before a small crowd on Wednesday to play the national anthem as Russian forces advanced on the city. The Kyiv-Classic Symphony Orchestra also performed an excerpt from Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, on which the European […]
Syria: On another conflict’s frontline, Russia’s war on Ukraine evokes painful memories
KHALIL ASHAWI, of Reuters, reports on how Russia’s war in Ukraine is stirring memories of the role Russia played in the conflict in Syria…
In the US, New York Governor, clergy and ambassadors join Orthodox leaders to pray for Ukraine
RNS Ambassadors, elected officials and a group of interfaith clergy joined with Orthodox Christian leaders in New York on Wednesday to express solidarity with Ukrainians as they resist the ongoing invasion of their country – and to decry the Russian leaders at the helm of the conflict. The slate of dignitaries gathered at the Ukrainian […]
Essay: Crowdfunding disaster relief offers hope in desperate times. But who gets left behind?
As parts of the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland face devastating floods, MATTHEW WADE, a lecturer in social inquiry at La Trobe University in Victoria, looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at the rise of crowdfunding campaigns in response…