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Buddhist Times News – Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action
By — Shyamal Sinha The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the planet, including his birth country, Tibet. As well as global climate change, industrial projects such as mining, damming and deforestation are leading to the Tibetan glacier…
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McCarrick Report: reactions & considerations from the US Church – Vatican News
US bishops react to the release of the McCarrick Report with sorrow, but also with gratitude for the important and ongoing process to eradicate clerical sex abuse, and promises to rebuild trust and earn the confidence of the faithful.
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The making of…
… and some brilliant academics from Europe put together this idea, and … other kinds of small-scale farming. So that’s that … lot of European donors had that the Americans were sending food but … as opposed to a real organic look at the system itself …
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Science, unity and solidarity, key to defeating COVID: UN chief
Better preparation, listening to the science and acting together in solidarity, are some of the main ways that countries across the world can overcome the on-going COVID-19 crisis, the UN chief told the World Health Summit on Sunday.
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LIVE: World Food Day
Hunger is rising, due to factors including conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which is putting a strain on food systems that are already failing in many countries. In today’s LIVE blog, marking World Food Day, we will look at some of the many issues and possible solutions. Highlights • UN chief announces Food…
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UN chief announces major push to transform harmful food systems
The UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems on Monday – coinciding with the start of World Food Week – which will culminate in a major summit, scheduled to take place in September next year.
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Communists Warn Citizens: ‘Christianity Does Not Belong in China’
… it does in Western Europe and arrived there … Protestantism in the country; only four other religions — Chinese Catholicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Islam … in the country. Christianity is believed to … , communists have persecuted Christians and other faithful, …
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‘Pride was Their Downfall’: How Muslims Routed Christians at Nicopolis
… another, larger host of Islamic horsemen became visible. The … outnumbered and now exhausted Christians. The latter valiantly fought … that prioritized nationality over religion in the West. As … to cannons developed by European turncoats contracted by the …
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Protect lives, mitigate future shocks and recover better: UN-wide COVID-19 response
According to the September update of the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19, no country has been spared; no population left unscathed. Among other things, the update outlines the steps needed to save lives, protect societies and recover better while pointing the way to addressing future shocks, above all from climate change, and overcoming the universal…
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Global missionary efforts have taken a hit in the time of coronavirus
… In a world marked by religious persecution and mounting secularism, … silence of Europe especially.” It’s in Europe that Lasarte … of lockdown in many European countries. Speaking to the … numbers “Catholics can be a significant minority.” “Christianity still has …