SIGHT-SEEING: WHEN FEAR RULES, FACTS NO LONGER MATTER
NILS VON KALM argues that Christian leaders have a responsibility to speak out against fear-mongering…
Algerian Christian gets maximum sentence for ‘blasphemy’
World Watch Monitor A Christian in Algeria has been sentenced to five years in prison – the maximum term – and given a heavy fine for blasphemy against Islam and its prophet, for a social media post. Slimane Bouhafs, 49, appeared before a judge on 7th August in the eastern town of Setif (300 kilometres […]
Catholic bishop hailed a hero for aiding victims of Bloody Sunday dies at the age of 82
A retired Catholic bishop famed for his role in aiding victims of the Bloody Sunday shootings during a civil rights protest in Northern Ireland in 1972 has died at the age of 82. The former Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, was a priest when he tried to help those shot, including administering the last […]
ESSAY: THE OLYMPICS AS A REFLECTION OF THE DREAM OF GOD
NILS VON KALM argues that the Olympics, at their best, are a reflection of a “renewed creation”, the embodiment of what is possible when we live for something beyond ourselves…