“Nobody represents me now”: Peru’s ‘forgotten people’ rage against political elite after Castillo arrest
ALEXANDER VILLEGAS and MARCO AQUINO, of Reuters, report…
Sight-Seeing: The Christmas revolution
NILS VON KALM says the Christmas is a story about those on the margins…
Essay: Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
US Catholic columnist CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article adapted from his new book, ‘Losing Our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality’, on why it’s time to sound the alarm on the care of those living with dementia…
“Losing hope”: India’s COVID-19 meltdown exposes new front in digital divide
Lucknow/Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation As India’s daily coronavirus cases set global records, people desperately searching for hospital beds and oxygen cylinders are finding help on social media. But for others like Ruby Yadav, who has never heard of Twitter, time and hope is running out. Travelling by rickshaw, Yadav and her mother – who […]
Sight-Seeing: Voting my conscience in the US election may mean staying home
Former TV news correspondent and writer PEGGY WEHMEYER, in an article first published by Religion News Service, reflects on the tough decisions before her this November…
Essay: How churches can reframe social justice now and after COVID-19
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BARBARA WILLIAMS-SKINNER, president and co-founder of the Skinner Leadership Institute and co-convener of the National African American Clergy Network, says now is a chance for churches to reframe how they reframe approach helping the marginalised…
Sight-Seeing: ‘Evangelising’ the church
NILS VON KALM reflects on why the church needs to hear once again about the importance of God’s heart for the poor and marginalised…
In a new video, Pope Francis urges compassion for refugees, people on the margins
RNS Pope Francis called for greater compassion for refugees and marginalised people less than a week after President Trump ordered a temporary immigration ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries. In a video of the pontiff’s prayer intentions for February, the Pope does not specifically refer to the president or his policies but emphasises his concern about […]