POPE AND RUSSIAN PATRIARCH TO MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN CUBA
8th February, 2016 Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will make history when they meet for in Cuba later this month, marking the first time the heads of the two churches have ever met. The Pope will stop off in Cuba on his way […]
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO RELEASED AS EFFORTS TO FREE HUSBAND CONTINUE
8th February, 2016 An Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso more than three weeks ago by al-Qaeda militants has been released, prompting an intensification of efforts to have her husband – surgeon Ken Elliott – released as well. The couple, who have worked in Burkina Faso for more than 40 years and established a medical […]
SIGHT-SEEING: THE END OF CHRISTENDOM?
PAUL CLARK reflects on the ‘sense of doom’ many Christians in the West may be feeling…