World

How Black people and Jews are bound together in ‘great replacement’ theory

By Yonat Shimron — May 16, 2022

(RNS) — Dozens of pages of the Buffalo shooter's manifesto are devoted first to Blacks and then to Jews, replete with photos, drawings, graphs and caricatures.

Brazil’s Catholic bishops raise their voices against mining on Indigenous land

By Eduardo Campos Lima — May 16, 2022

Pope rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 new saints

By Nicole Winfield — May 15, 2022

With new solo album, Sonny Singh comes full circle

By Simran Jeet Singh — May 13, 2022

(RNS) — Activist and musician Sonny Singh's first solo album blends politics, music and Sikh faith.

Pope to visit Canada to apologize for Indigenous abuses

By Frances D'emilio — May 13, 2022

(RNS) — The Vatican on Friday announced that Francis will head to Canada on July 24 and visit Edmonton, Quebec and Iqaluit, a small town in that country's far north.

Minority Hindu Kashmiris protest killing of community member

By Aijaz Hussain — May 13, 2022

(RNS) — Scores of the region’s minority Hindus, locally known as Pandits, took to the streets, blocking roads and demanding that Rahul Bhat's killers be brought to justice.

Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies

By John Ziker — May 13, 2022

(The Conversation) — Traditional ecological knowledge, or TEK, can encompass science, medicine, ecology, religion and culture – and help protect the environment.

Jordan’s King Abdullah, custodian of holy sites, meets US Christian leaders

By Daoud Kuttab — May 11, 2022

(RNS) — Reconfirming the status quo in Jerusalem will require some hard diplomacy and a lot of goodwill.

Catholic cardinal, others arrested on Hong Kong security law

By Associated Press — May 11, 2022

HONG KONG (AP) — The arrests were apparently related to their roles as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal aid to people who took part in 2019 pro-democracy protests that were quashed by security forces.

Now in spotlight, Dubai Jews struggle for public synagogue

By Isabel Debre — May 11, 2022

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Plans to build a permanent sanctuary for Dubai's fast-expanding congregation have sputtered to a standstill, Jewish leaders say.

The Global COVID-19 Summit left children off its agenda. The church should not.

By Albert L. Reyes — May 9, 2022

(RNS) — More than 5 million children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to COVID-19.

Oberammergau Passion Play enters a new era

By Noam E. Marans and Peter A. Pettit — May 9, 2022

(RNS) — Oberammergau is no longer a capital of antisemitism.

Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict

By Kathy Gannon — May 8, 2022

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —Hardliners and pragmatists among the Islamist rulers have avoided open confrontation but sharper restrictions, such as a recent decree that all women must be entirely covered, are deepening divisions.