STRANGESIGHTS: NEW “NATIONS” DECLARED IN THE BALKANS; “SLOW TV”; AND, WRITE AN ESSAY TO SNAG A HOME…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE REVEALS PERSECUTION OF JAPANESE CHRISTIANS IN NEW MOVIE
20th May, 2015 Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming film is based on Shusaku Endo’s book, Silence. Renowned movie director Martin Scorsese has released initial details of his forthcoming movie Silence, about the persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century, and God”s perceived silence in suffering. Starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Adam Driver and Ciar‚àö¬∞n […]
CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SEVEN KILLED, RAPED OR RECRUITED AS SOLDIERS IN SERIES OF ATTACKS IN SOUTH SUDAN, SAYS UNICEF
20th May, 2015 Dozens of children as young as seven-years-old have been killed, raped, and, abducted and recruited as soldiers in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State over a two week period, according to eyewitness reports UNICEF says it has received. The child-focused UN agency says dozens of testimonies tell of how […]
SYRIA: COLLATERAL DAMAGE? SIXTY-THREE CHURCHES HIT IN CIVIL WAR, SAYS REPORT
The World Watch Monitor reports on the findings of a new report examining the targeting of Christian worship sites in Syria…