NEW YORK -- Mainline Protestants get a bad rap these days, whether for being out of touch, living in the past or for sometimes lapsing into "I-know-better-than-you-do" rhetoric.
True sometimes, I suppose, but let's not forget that the reform impulse imbedded in mainline Protestantism has, for more than a century,...
(0) Comments | Posted February 9, 2012 | 9:39 AM
Near Adigrat, Ethiopia -- In many ways, the denuded, desiccated area near the Ethiopian-Eretria border fits the popular image of what a drought and concomitant food crisis looks like.
At a water point constructed with support by the local Roman Catholic archdiocese, Abebo Berhe filled her jerry can and discussed...
(14) Comments | Posted January 11, 2012 | 4:13 PM
Inevitably, anyone who has lived or worked in Haiti for any length of time is bound to be asked if Haiti is hopeless. That will certainly be the case this week, when Haitians commemorate the second anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake.
It is true that...
(4) Comments | Posted December 16, 2010 | 12:52 PM
When I last saw my colleague and friend, Dr. Qamar Zaman, a physician and a health specialist for Church World Service in Pakistan, the prognosis for Dr. Zaman's country was not good.
The floods that earlier this year inundated one-fifth of Pakistan, affecting some 18 million people, were a slow-moving...
(1) Comments | Posted September 7, 2010 | 4:12 AM
Near DUBAIR, Pakistan -- The Indus River in northern Pakistan is no longer at flood stage. But its forceful, muddy currents are a constant reminder of what has become a harsh, mournful Ramadan.
Unfortunately, this week's celebration of Eid, the end of the holy month of fasting and purification for...
(15) Comments | Posted June 2, 2010 | 1:33 AM
While covering the Dalai Lama's recent appearances in New York City, I heard the Nobel Peace laureate twice praise the international response to the horrific January earthquake in Haiti as an example of humanity's progress.
Such a massive show of global assistance and solidarity -- one sign of the...
(6) Comments | Posted May 4, 2010 | 8:01 PM
By Chris Herlinger
Religion News Service
NEW YORK (RNS/ENI) The order of nuns that once included Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S.-born land rights' activist, hailed the conviction of a Brazilian rancher in plotting Stang's 2005 murder in Brazil.
The May 1 conviction of Regivaldo Galvao, in the Brazilian city...
(0) Comments | Posted October 22, 2012 | 10:14 AM