Anti-Semitism spiked in the US in 2022, but physical assaults were few, ADL reports
United States RNS A new audit of anti-Semitism in the US shows a continued growth in the number of incidents reported in 2022. The Anti-Defamation League’s newest report tabulated 3,697 anti-Semitic incidents last year in three large categories: harassment, vandalism and assault. According to the ADL, the rise in anti-Semitism represents a 36 per cent increase from […]
Lifestory: Ukrainian ballerina uprooted by war flies high again in Swan Lake
KRISZTINA THAN and MARTON MONUS, of Reuters, report from Budapest in Hungary…
International designers respond to calls for a new reliquary to house the remains of Kentish saint
Norwich, UK Canadian, American and British designers have responded to an appeal to design a new reliquary to house the relics of St Eanswythe, the earliest verified remains of an English saint. The Church of England parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe in Folkestone, Kent, made the appeal after the lead container which houses the bones […]
Clergy sex abuse survivors feel “vindicated” after Vatican talks
Vatican City Reuters Survivors of Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse from Britain and Ireland said on Thursday they finally felt vindicated after “transformative” meetings with Pope Francis and leaders of the Comboni Missionary order. The survivors were abused as teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s, while studying to be missionary priests at a Comboni seminary […]
Violence hits Paris in day of protests over Macron’s pension changes
Paris, France Reuters Police fired tear gas to repel violent black-clad anarchists in Paris on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of mainly peaceful protesters marched across France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age. In a ninth day of nationwide protests, train and air travel was disrupted while teachers were among many […]
Ukraine says Russia’s Bakhmut assault loses steam, counterstrike coming soon
West of Soladar, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for four months, will launch a long-awaited counter-assault “very soon” now that Russia’s huge winter offensive is losing steam without taking Bakhmut, Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said on Thursday. The remarks were the strongest indication yet from Kyiv that it is close to shifting […]
Before power is back, deminers must make Ukraine’s war repairs safe
Korovii Yar, Ukraine Reuters Outside the village of Korovii Yar in eastern Ukraine, a team of engineers has to wait for several hours before it can carry out repair work on power lines damaged in fighting across territory that was, until last autumn, occupied by Russian forces. The delay is caused by the risk of […]
UN rights chief urges Uganda’s President Museveni not to sign bill prescribing death, life sentence for LGBTQ people
Kampala, Uganda The United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has asked President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda not to sign the anti-homosexuality bill that was passed by the country’s parliament on Tuesday. The bill that proposes a death penalty for the offence of aggravated homosexuality, life imprisonments for the offence of homosexuality, up […]
Greensight: ‘Ets Shemen’ or the laurel tree
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at Biblical mentions for the laurel tree…
Global Methodist Church releases list of recommended schools for hopeful clergy
United States RNS How does one become a pastor in the new Global Methodist Church? The fledgling Methodist denomination, a home for congregations and clergy that have broken away from the United Methodist Church amid ongoing debate over the role of LGBTQ Christians, has announced a list of recommended educational institutions for candidates seeking ordination as a […]