SAINTS OF PAST AGES: ANDREW GILLISON
As Australia commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, DAVID ADAMS looks at the life – and death – of army chaplain Andrew Gillison…
BALI NINE PAIR REPORTEDLY DENIED CHOSEN SPIRITUAL SUPPORT IN LEAD-UP TO EXECUTION IN INDONESIA
Updated 5.30pm 28th April, 2015 Bali nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been denied access to their spiritual supporters in the lead-up to their imminent executions, according to reports. Australia’s ABC is reporting that they had been informed the men’s chosen religious counsellors will not be with Australians Chan and Sukumaran in the […]
BALI NINE PAIR REPORTEDLY DENIED CHOSEN SPIRITUAL SUPPORT IN LEAD-UP TO EXECUTION IN INDONESIA
Updated 5.30pm 28th April, 2015 Bali nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been denied access to their spiritual supporters in the lead-up to their imminent executions, according to reports. Australia’s ABC is reporting that they had been informed the men’s chosen religious counsellors will not be with Australians Chan and Sukumaran in the […]
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY FOR DEATH ROW PRISONERS IN INDONESIA
28th April, 2015 Rev Dr Olav Fyske Tveit, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has appealed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo for clemency for 10 death row prisoners scheduled for imminent execution. In a letter dated today, Rev Dr Tveit said he joined "many others" around the world who had already appealed […]
LABOR MPS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO VOTE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SAYS ACL
28th April, 2015 The Australian Christian Lobby has urged the Labor Party to allow a free vote on the issue of same-sex marriage, saying that no MP should be forced to vote to define it. In a statement issued yesterday, the ACL called on party members to "keep faith" with the stand Opposition Leader Bill […]