THE BIG PICTURE: ‘APPLY DAILY TO LOOK GOOD ON THE INSIDE’
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Church leaders condemn massive Kabul bomb attack which left more than 80 dead
The World Council of Churches has condemned a bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul that has killed at least 80 people and injured several hundred more. Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, said he condemned the attack “as a cruel act against innocent people”. “We stand with you in […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘ROBOT PRIEST’ OFFERS BLESSINGS; A FELINE DEVOTIONAL; AND, A LEGO PROFESSOR…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
New Catholic ‘chatbot’ to help people evangelise
ePaul A Catholic website has launched an intelligent ‘chatbot’ to help people with evangelising their friends and neighbours. ePaul, named after the apostle Paul, is described as an intelligent software agent that will interact with visitors to the US-based Aleteia website who are seeking help with evangelising, asking questions before directing them to articles it […]
JAIL MINISTRY: PRISON NETWORK’S MISSION TO SUPPORT WOMEN PRISONERS THROUGH HARD TIMES
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Diane Spicer, CEO of Prison Network, about the Victorian-based organisation’s mission to support women prisoners in Victoria as well as how her personal story of overcoming trauma helped prepare her for the role…
Yemen faces “total” collapse, UN official warns Security Council
War-torn Arab nation Yemen is facing “total social, economic and institutional collapse”, a senior UN official has told the Security Council this week. Stephen O’Brien, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator, told the council on Tuesday that the people of Yemen “are being subjected to deprivation, disease and death as the world watches”. “This is not […]
AFRICA: MISSION LEADER SEARCHES FOR POSITIVES DESPITE DEADLY SURGE OF EXTREMIST VIOLENCE
World Watch Monitor speaks with Rev Reuben E Ezemadu, co-ordinator of the Movement for African National Initiatives (MANI) – a “grassroots” African initiative aimed at mobilising African churches to send out missionaries, about how attacks by Islamic extremist groups are changing the church in Africa…
POSTCARDS: CLOISTERED NUNS ON FACEBOOK – WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?
JOSEPHINE MCKENNA, of Religion News Service, meets a group of cloistered Italian nuns who have embraced new communications technologies to “understand the language of people today”…
Pope will not visit South Sudan this year due to security concerns
Tentative plans for Pope Francis to visit South Sudan later this year have been cancelled due to security reasons. A Vatican spokesman has confirmed reports that the trip – which would have been conducted with the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby – will not go ahead this year. Earlier this year, the Pope said […]