POSTCARDS: HOW WOMEN OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC OVERCOME TRAUMA BY TRADING
HELENE FISHER, ‘Women-to-Women’ coordinator at Open Doors International, writes about her recent visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) to see how a group of enterprising women have been surviving conflict between the country’s militias…
Criticised for not securing release of kidnapped priest in Yemen, Indian Government says it “told him not to go”
World Watch Monitor India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come under fire from his political opponents for his failure to secure the release of an Indian Catholic priest kidnapped 10 months ago in Yemen by Islamic extremists. Now Modi’s Deputy Foreign Minister M J Akbar has said the priest went to Yemen “ignoring the central […]
Scottish Holocaust heroine’s life to be celebrated in new heritage centre
Jane Haining A new heritage centre celebrating the life of Holocaust heroine Jane Haining will be opened in a Scottish church, the Church of Scotland has announced. Haining’s extraordinary story – in which she gave her life at the age of 47 to help protect Jewish schoolgirls during World War II – will be told […]
Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy after ripped Qur’an found outside home
World Watch Monitor A Pakistani Christian could face 10 years in jail or even the death sentence after torn pages from a copy of the Qur’an were found outside his home, with his name written on them. Babu Shahbaz Masih, 40, from the Kamahan district of Lahore, was arrested on 30th December after a Muslim […]
THIS LIFE: CLING TO JESUS INSTEAD OF THE PAST
CAROL ROUND, writing from the US, recalls how she came to a decision to let go of the past…