Rage at abandonment by the state as Egypt’s Christians dig graves after bombing
RNS/Reuters Relatives of victims react next to coffins arriving to the Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt. PICTURE: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany Egyptian Christians wept with rage on Monday as they recovered the bodies of loved ones killed in twin church bombings, furious at a state they believe will no longer […]
Sudanese Christian leader fatally stabbed at protest over seizure of church school
World Watch Monitor A Sudanese Christian was killed last week while participating in a peaceful protest against the government’s attempted appropriation of a Christian school. Younan Abdulla, part of the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church (SEPC), was participating in the three-day protest, after the government-linked committee in 2016 authorised the sale of the land on which the school […]
Palm Sunday re-enactment kicks off week of Easter events in Sydney
Drama student Brendan Paul plays Jesus in a Palm Sunday re-enactment at Circular Quay. PICTURE: Murray Harris Photography A week of Easter-related re-enactments, worship services and events kicked off in Sydney on Sunday with Wesley Mission’s Palm Sunday re-enactment of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem at Sydney’s Circular Quay. Dressed in period costume, 25-year-old drama student […]
Books: US author Anne Lamott – “Mercy is our only hope”
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, talks to US best-selling Christian writer Anne Lamott about her latest book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy…