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“We need a stronger development agency, some voice in the US government, a strong voice that can speak up for poverty reduction, global development, and carry that out in an effective way. We don’t have that right now.” More
Sold into sexual slavery early in her life, today Somaly Mam fights human trafficking and protects young girls in Cambodia against sexual abuse. More
Watch scenes from an early-morning memorial service in Port-au-Prince to mark the one-month anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. More
Local church leaders in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are waging a joint campaign to make sure aid gets to where it needs to go. More
Go on the ground and behind the scenes with our crew in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and watch them at work on this week’s story about local faith-based relief workers. Video and photos by producer Gail Fendley.
Click here to watch this week’s story on Haiti Relief Workers. BOB ABERNETHY, host: Kim, welcome back. What about those 10 Americans, Southern Baptists, who were charged with kidnapping? What were they doing? KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Well, according to … More
Last year Pilgrim Church in Detroit celebrated the repair of its roof and the faith that makes its ministries possible. More
Writing in the New York Times about “Avatar” (“Luminous 3-D Jungle is a Biologist’s Dream”) , Carol Kaesuk Yoon rhapsodizes over the beauty and variety of life depicted in the film. “With each glance, we are reminded of organisms we … More
Watch excerpts from Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’s recent remarks at Trinity Church Wall Street on building an ethical economy. Video courtesy of of Trinity Wall Street.
A Lutheran minister who responded to the Haiti disaster says US religious communities must help, but “the strength of the future is in Haiti, not the United States.” More