KTF News – Senkaku Islands: US and Japan Draw up Battle Plans to Defend IslandsWatch this video on YouTube Image: Al Jazeera English [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Senkaku Islands dispute: US and Japan…

The Atlantic: Three blocks from my Brooklyn apartment, a large brick structure stretches toward heaven. Tourists recognize it as a church—the building’s bell tower and stained-glass windows give it away—but worshippers haven’t gathered here in years. The 19th-century building was…

Fox News: “A tsunami struck Indonesia virtually without warning, killing at least 222 [now 373] people, sweeping away members of a pop band performing on a beach.” Hundreds of homes and other buildings were “heavily damaged” when the tsunami set…

The Telegraph: The Church of England has encouraged its clergy to create baptism-style ceremonies for transgender people to welcome them into the Anglican faith. New pastoral guidance, published on Tuesday, advises clergy to refer to transgender people by their new…

KTF News – Bishops Urge Ambitious Action on Climate ChangeWatch this video on YouTube Photo by Pixabay from Pexels Transcript of this video Source References Bishops from all continents urge ‘ambitious’ action on climate change

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered a message to white supremacists in a speech in front of the Anti-Defamation League: “You have no place on our platforms.” Cook delivered the speech while accepting the Courage Against Hate award Monday. As Apple…

KTF News – Sociologist: Clergy sex abuse on the rise again, and being Ignored AgainWatch this video on YouTube Image: “Deceased Clergy Requiem Mass in Westmins” (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) by Catholic Church (England and Wales) Transcript of this video Source…