Church building demolished, two Christians arrested in Sudan
Morning Star News Khartoum state authorities in Sudan demolished a church building on Sunday as Christians were preparing to worship, sources said. In the Khartoum suburb of Soba al Aradi, which began as a refugee camp for South Sudanese, a bulldozer sent by Jebel Aulia locality and the Ministry of Planning and Urban Development arrived […]
Australian Christian Lobby joins aid agencies in expressing alarm over reports of further foreign aid cuts in Federal Budget
The Australian Christian Lobby has said it hopes a report suggesting money would be redirected from foreign aid to fighting terrorism in tomorrow’s Federal Budget with managing director Lyle Shelton saying such a move would “constitute a breach of Australia’s commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals to tackle global poverty”. The Australian newspaper has reported […]
Entertainer Stephen Fry faces blasphemy investigation in Ireland
English actor, broadcaster and writer Stephen Fry is reportedly facing a police investigation over whether comments he made on an Irish TV show were blasphemous. The Irish Independent reported on the weekend that the investigation was launched after an unidentified TV viewer from Donnybrook in Dublin complained over comments Mr Fry made on the RTE […]
THIS LIFE: BECOMING AN AGENT OF CHANGE
MARIE KELLY-DAVIES, of Opportunity International Australia, reflects on what being an agent of change in today’s world entails…
Venezuela’s Catholic bishops call for an end to ‘repression’ as mass protests continue
Catholic bishops in Venezuela have accused the country’s government of failing to solve “serious problems” including shortages of food and medicine as well as providing freedom and security to the citizens of the South American nation and called for an to “repression”, according to a statement released late last week. Catholic news agency Agenzia Fides reports […]