GERMANY: HAUNTED BY ITS HISTORY, BERLIN DEBATES WHETHER TO RESTORE THE KAISER’S GILDED CROSS
TOM HENEGHAN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Christians around the world to take part in “One Minute for Peace” initiative
Christians around the world will pause for prayer in the “One Minute for Peace” initiative on Thursday. The Catholic initiative, which will take place at 1pm (Rome time), owes its origins to a meeting between Pope Francis, late Israeli President Shimon Peres, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when they met in the Vatican Gardens on 8th […]
THE CONFESSIONS OF X
For June and July, 2017, we’re reading Suzanne M Wolfe’s historical novel The Confessions of X. To buy the book, follow this link – The Confessions of X.
STRANGESIGHTS: THE ‘COVFEFE’ MYSTERY; A BODEGA MADE OF FELT; AND, SPELLING IN THE US…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Kenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $US125,000
RNS The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has been ordered to pay a Somali Muslim restaurant owner 13 million Kenyan shillings ($US125,000) for breach of contract and discrimination along ethnic and religious lines. The High Court in Nairobi ruled that the church owes the Al-Yusra Restaurant Ltd compensation for evicting it from Waumini House, where […]
MIDDLE EAST: HALF OF SYRIA AND IRAQ’S CHRISTIANS HAVE LEFT SINCE 2011, SAYS REPORT
World Watch Monitor looks at a new report on ongoing trend for Christians to leave the Middle Eastern nations of Syria and Iraq…