Myanmar’s Christian population grows to 6.2 per cent
World Watch Monitor Myanmar’s Christian population has increased dramatically, according to the latest figures in a supplement to the 2014 Population and Housing Census, conducted by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Christians now make up 6.2 per cent of the population – more than three million people – compared to 4.9 per cent the last time a full […]
STRANGESIGHTS: EXPERTS BROUGHT IN OVER LARRY AND PALMERSTON’S SPAT; THE REDNECK (BLANK); AND, A CHURCH OVER A CANYON…
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…
BOOKS: A CLOSER LOOK AT JUDAS
DAVID ADAMS reads Peter Stanford’s ‘biography’ of Judas…
Anglican Archbishop of York repeats calls for Zimbabwe’s President to step down
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe should step down and allow someone else to rule, according to Dr John Sentamu, the Anglican Archbishop of York. In an interview with Christian news outlet Premier in the UK, Dr Sentamu, a long-time vocal critic of the Zimbabwean President whom he describes as eloquent and educated, said that Mr Mugabe […]
INDIA: ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE AT AN ‘ALARMING LEVEL’
ANTO AKKARA, of World Watch Monitor, reports on the rising number of religiously-motivated attacks against Christians in India…
More cases over accusations of blasphemy launched against Christians and Hindus in Pakistan
Agenzia Fides At least four Christians have been charged for the crime of alleged blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan’s Punjab province in the last month, according to a report from Catholic news agency Agenzia Fides. Meanwhile, the agency reports that in the province of Sindh in southern Pakistan, a man named Sateesh Kumar was killed and […]