Trump vows to let churches engage in politics
RNS US President Donald Trump vowed to make good on a campaign promise to repeal the law that restricts political speech from the pulpit, speaking at his first National Prayer Breakfast as president. “I will get rid of, totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow of representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear,” […]
Three men freed from false convictions for burning down Ethiopian Orthodox church
World Watch Monitor Three men, falsely convicted and imprisoned for burning down an Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) building in the rural community of Gulema Iyesus in May 2014, have been acquitted and freed. The area is about 275 kilometres north of the capital, Addis Ababa. Tibebu Mekuria, Dawit Jemberu, and Belete Tilahun were reunited with […]
Record number of anti-semitic incidents recorded in UK last year
A record number of anti-semitic incidents were recorded in the UK during 2016, according to new data from the Community Services Trust. The CST, which monitors anti-semitism and provides security advice and training to Jewish organisations, recorded 1,309 anti-semitic incidents last year, 36 per cent higher than the previous year. The previous highest annual total […]
Only 13 per cent of Australians say being a Christian is “very important” to national identity compared to 18 per cent in UK, 32 per cent in US – study
Only 13 per cent of people in Australia say being a Christian is “very important” when it comes to national identity compared with 18 per cent in the UK and 32 per cent in the US, according to a new US study. A Pew Research Center study, which asked people in 13 Western nations whether being a […]