News
Vatican Museums: everything is connected #2 – Vatican News
"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home.…
Year: 2020
Europe
We’ll move on from the EU vote but we are now stuck in our tribe. Welcome to Brexitland…
It seems as if the end is in sight. Four and a half years after voters chose it in a referendum, the process of taking Britain out of the European…
Europe
EU Open for Business 2020
In the health sector, business development is not just about innovation, but also saving lives. While research and development starts at a small scale, what does it take to bring…
Health
UN in Myanmar comes together to protect people from COVID-19
More than 20 UN agencies in Myanmar have come together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and staff are putting their lives on their line to support the Organization’s efforts…
Europe
European Union commissioner tests positive for Covid-19
BRUSSELS: EU commissioner Mariya Gabriel has tested positive for Covid-19, she said on Saturday, the first top Brussels official known to have caught the coronavirus. Gabriel, the EU commissioner for…
Books
‘Boo’-ks for kids: Niles bookstore extends free books to area children, teenagers in October
NILES — A local bookstore’s staff recognized this year had been full of tricks, so it wanted to make sure treats were in order for area children and teenagers.Inside the…
News
Science and Religion Have Never Been More at Odds. Can Conshohocken’s Templeton Foundation Bridge the Divide?
Longform It’s shoveled more than a billion and a half dollars at research attempting to reconcile the spiritual and the secular. Is the foundation’s quest just some rich guy’s pie-in-the-sky…
Books
‘I feel like I’ve been robbed of my own story’: Deaf Saskatoon author urges people not to buy his book due to offensive illustrations
SASKATOON -- When Adam Pottle’s children’s book, The Most Awesome Character in the World, came out last week, he said he was shocked to see the illustrations that were used…
Books
Mexico asks pope for loan of ancient books held in Vatican library
By David Alire Garcia2 Min Read MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the…
Books
Books for Newborns adds inclusive children’s book
… books following the Black Lives Matter movement. “When I delivered the book … pulled (a book) out and posed,” Books for Newborns … 11% of children’s books starred Black…