PILGRIMAGES: EGYPT’S COPTS FINALLY FULFILLING ‘DREAM’ OF TRAVELLING TO JERUSALEM
JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER and MINA NADER, of Religion News Service, report on how Egypt’s Coptic Christians are once again making pilgrimages to Jerusalem…
POSTCARDS: WHY NEPAL’S CHRISTIANS ARE TREKKING INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO BURY THEIR DEAD
VISHAL ARORA, of World Watch Monitor, reports on the difficulties facing Christians in Nepal when it comes to burying their dead…
Iranian converts: one needs urgent care, another denied chance to see mum with cancer
World Watch Monitor The health of Iranian Christian convert, Maryam Naghash Zargaran, continues to decline, sources told Mohabat News. It was reported that over the past week her condition worsened and she is again in need of urgent medical care. According to a prison mate, Ms Zargaran is also suffering from severe weight loss. The stressful conditions in […]
CSW welcomes UN Human Rights Council resolution to establish fact-finding mission in Myanmar
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed a UN Human Rights Council resolution establishing an independent fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Myanmar’s military has been accused of committing extensive human rights violations including the burning of homes, mass rape, torture, extra-judicial executions and the blocking of humanitarian […]
Czech Republic mourns former clandestine priest Miloslav Vlk
BosNewsLife The mortal remains of Catholic Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, a devoted believer who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, were placed in a tomb at St Vitus’ Cathedral in Prague on Saturday following a funeral service. Archbishop Vlk died a week ago at the age of 84 after losing his battle against cancer. […]
SAINTS OF PAST AGES: JOHN RIDLEY, THE MAN BEHIND ‘MR ETERNITY’
MIKE SPENCER, author of One People, One Destiny: A Christian History of Australia, writes about the life of Australian evangelist John Ridley, often referred to as the man behind Mr Eternity, Arthur Stace….