Watching mum die from HIV/Aids

Only half of those infected in South Africa by HIV - the virus that causes Aids - have access to life-saving medicines and as Claudia Hammond found out, the care for those dying can still fall on children. Read this touching story from the BBC Program "From our own Correspondent."

Mia Farrow: We owe them protection

At 6 a.m. on Aug. 25, Kalma camp, home to 90,000 displaced Darfuris, was surrounded by Sudanese government forces. By 7 a.m., 60 heavily armed military vehicles had entered the camp, shooting and setting straw huts ablaze. Read this commentary by actress Mia Farrow from the Globe and Mail.

Where is the church-led economic recovery?

There was a time when Canadian churches knew how to help you face the worst that economic storms could wreak. In the Great Depression, for example, there were pockets of faith-based activists who launched social change on such a scale that much of it is still with us today. What are the churches doing today? Read Lorna Dueck's opinion piece on Faith Matters, on the CBC website.

Science is my job - faith is my rock

This week, when Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, declined to discuss his Christian beliefs in the face of accusations that they were influencing his work, the fallout cast new light on the challenges of religious individuals who work in science fields: How do they reconcile their professional passions with their belief in God? Read the full story in the Globe and Mail.

Delhi Notebook - Agony of Missing Children

The streets of the Badli Industrial Area in north Delhi are teeming with children. This is the kind of place where migrant families settle, after coming to Delhi to look for work. In a small courtyard on a side street Sangeeta Giri is washing her family's clothes. Her husband Harishankar, a driver, is sitting nearby. It looks like a normal domestic scene, but there's something wrong. Their daughter Sunita went missing last June, two weeks after they arrived in the city. Full story from the BBC.

Catholic Bishops in BC and Yukon Sound Off on Human Trafficking

The Catholic Bishops of British Columbia and the Yukon have published a Pastoral Letter on the trafficking of women and children. The publication of this Letter coincided with the Vancouver launch of the resource and awareness kit We are a Global Vlllage, published by the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC). The event took place February 10 At Saint Patrick Regional High School with more than 80 students present. The CRC has made the letter available on its website.

Nation of lost souls

'I knew God Himself didn't want me'

TIMMINS – The last time Marcia Martel saw her mother at home, it was late summer and she was a chubby little Indian kid of 4. She doesn't remember much because she was crying and clutching the tall grass as strange people pulled her away. Read the full story in the Toronto Star by Linda Diebel.