Southern California bishop suspends Mass obligation due to immigration fears

Southern California bishop suspends Mass obligation due to immigration fears

LOS ANGELES — San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on two parish properties in the diocese. The dispensation is a move usually reserved for extenuating circumstances, like the height of the Covid-19…

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Takealot considering mass hiring of former Post Office staff

Takealot considering mass hiring of former Post Office staff

Esa Alexander/Reuters The department of communications & digital technologies is in talks with South Africa’s largest online retailer, Takealot Group, which is mulling the option of hiring thousands of retrenched Post Office employees as it widens its e-commerce ambitions. The announcement was made by Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, director-general in the department of communications & digital technologies, in…

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