Thousands rally for ‘Invasion Day’ protests on Australia Day holiday
Updated: 10:55pm (AEST) Sydney, Australia Reuters Thousands of Australians marked the country’s national holiday on Thursday with rallies in support of the nation’s Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as “Invasion Day”. In Sydney, the capital of New South Wales – Australia’s most […]
Papal interview: Pope Francis discusses his health, his critics and future of papacy
NICOLE WINFIELD, of The Associated Press, speaks with Pope Francis in a wide-ranging interview which also covered gun violence, relations with China and homosexuality…
Top UN officials seek to ‘water down’ bans on women in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan/United Nations Reuters The United Nations is pushing the Taliban administration in Afghanistan for more exemptions to its ban on most female aid workers, top UN officials said on Wednesday, while also expressing concern that foreign women working for international organizations and embassies could next be targeted. Speaking to Reuters during a visit to […]
Essay: Advocates and builders, advancing religious freedom together
CHRIS SEIPLE, president emeritus of the Institute for Global Engagement, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service, that the two camps in US religious freedom diplomacy need to work as one…