ESSAY: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WORLD JOINS IN A PRAYER TO END FAMINE
MARIANNE EJDERSTEN, director of communication at the World Council of Churches, reflects on responses to the Global Day of Prayer to End Famine…
Outrage grows among church leaders over Manchester attack
Outrage continues to grow over Monday night’s suicide bomber attack at a Manchester stadium with the Conference of European Churches and the World Council of Churches issuing a joint statement strongly condemning the explosion which left 22 dead and scores more wounded. Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, described the attack […]
GERMANY: WHY VW’S ‘DIESELGATE’ IS POSING AN ETHICAL CHALLENGE FOR GERMAN PROTESTANTS
TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor drops blasphemy appeal “for sake of the people”
World Watch Monitor Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (also known as Ahok), has withdrawn his appeal against his two year prison sentence for blasphemy in a controversial case that has challenged religious pluralism in Indonesia, with repeated clashes between Ahok’s supporters and radical Islamic groups. It was for this reason, said Ahok, that he […]
Call for Manchester churches to open doors to people looking to pray after explosion killed 22
The Anglican Bishop of Manchester has urged churches in the city to open their doors on Tuesday in the wake of Monday night’s explosion outside a concert venue that left 22 people dead and some 59 injured. Speaking to Premier News in the UK, the Rt Rev David Walker said he hoped churches would make […]
BOOKS: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE WHICH TOUCHED SCORES OF OTHERS
NICO BOUGAS, in a review first published by ASSIST News Service, reads the story of an extraordinary life spent in the service of God…
Updated: 22 killed and 59 injured after man believed to have detonated explosives at UK concert
Last updated: 4.30pm, 23rd May, 2017 Some 22 people have died and at least 59 others have been injured following an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in the UK city of Manchester on Monday night. Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said it is believed a man detonated an improvised explosive device outside […]
World Vision sounds alarm over “staggering” numbers of unaccompanied children fleeing South Sudan into Uganda
Refugee boy at Imvepi in Uganda. PICTURE: Kristy Allen-Shirley/World Vision. World Vision has expressed alarm at the “staggering” number of unaccompanied children crossing into Uganda from South Sudan, saying it has documented more than 9,000 cases over the past 10 months. In Uganda last week, Tim Costello, World Vision Australia chief advocate, said children travelling […]
LOVE OR FEAR?
My son asked a great question recently: “How did society ever become peaceful and ordered?” His ‘G’ rated online gaming experience was that people weren’t adverse to breaking the rules and behaving in anti-social ways, even at the risk of being kicked off the site. PICTURE: Mayur Gala/Unsplash How did we become civilised? The reality is, […]
German aid worker killed, Finnish woman ‘kidnapped’ in Kabul
World Watch Monitor A German woman and her Afghan guard were killed, and a Finnish woman apparently kidnapped, at an international guesthouse run by a Swedish-based charity in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul late on Saturday evening. The two women were aid workers employed by Operation Mercy, a relief and development NGO which has more than 300 […]