August 31, 2017By Kate RuderSapiens
A rumbling, low boom unfurled over the land like a current of thunder. But it was a clear, cloudless day in northern Arizona. We realized...
August 31, 2017By Albin Hillert*World Council of Churches
Gathering at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden on 30 August, representatives from a range of faith communities...
August 30, 2017By Adela SulimanReuters
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 2 million people are expected to travel across the globe to eat, sleep and pray in unison...
August 30, 2017Crux
September 1 is observed in both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This year, the leaders of both...
August 30, 2017By Associated Press Washington Post
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is urging world leaders to “listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor...
August 28, 2017By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholic dioceses and charities are quickly organizing to help in the aftermath of a Category 4...
August 24, 2017By Dawn Araujo-HawkinsGlobal Sisters Report
A federal judge ruled Aug. 23 that the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, must give...
August 21, 2017By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
HOPKINSVILLE, KY – Science teacher Jane Irwin isn’t often left without words, but the total solar eclipse...
August 21, 2017By Kevin HardyDes Moines Register
NORWALK, Ia. — As the sun beat down on a recent Saturday afternoon, the mammoth air conditioning system at...
Much of the Indigenous activism that we see in Canada is being led by Indigenous womenBy Lenard MonkmanCBC NewsAugust 19, 2017
Women have been on the frontline of much of the...
Traditionally known as ‘water carriers,’ women take on role as protectors of waterBy Lenard MonkmanCBC NewsAugust 18, 2017
Aldeen Mason is a grandmother now, but she still...
August 15, 2017By Michael Otto, Catholic News Service National Catholic Reporter
Auckland, New Zealand — Church leaders from Oceania, meeting in New Zealand to discuss...
August 14, 2017By Kalinga SeneviratneInDepthNews
This article is the 18th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of...
August 10, 2017By IPS World DeskInter Press Service News Agency
ROME (IPS) - A third of global forests, crucial for curbing gas emissions, are primarily managed by indigenous...
August 9, 2017By David HillThe Guardian
Today is the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, numbering an estimated 370 million...
By Erica SnowAugust 8, 2017The Forward
Scubi Jew at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida isn’t your typical Jewish a cappella group or service club. Instead, it...
August 7, 2017By Jessica CorbettCommon Dreams
Hundreds demonstrated in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sunday as part of the March to Give Keystone XL the Boot.
The protest of...
August 7, 2017By Chris Herlinger Global Sisters Report
Spend a morning under a shade tree with residents of the tiny village of Kabu and it is easy to see that the challenges...
August 3, 2017By Randall P. LiebermanSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel
JoAnn Gorodetzer, a teacher at the religious school of Temple Sinai of Palm Beach County in Delray Beach, says...
August 3, 2017World Council of Churches
“It is imperative for churches to invest in the youth of Africa so they can take leadership in addressing these issues in the...
August 2, 2017By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service
JERUSALEM (CNS) — A heat wave in Israel and the Palestinian territories in July and near-record electricity...
August 1, 2017By Laurel Stowell New Zealand Herald
They bought land, made a wetland and now Whanganui’s Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart want to plant the steep...
