Church relieved as Yemen confirms kidnapped Indian priest is ‘alive’
World Watch Monitor The church in India, especially in the southern state of Kerala, is breathing a sign of relief after Yemen confirmed to India’s foreign minister that Catholic missionary Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, kidnapped in Yemen in March 2016, is “alive”. “We are thrilled to hear that good news,” Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of […]
SNAPSHOT: BARCELONA, SPAIN
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Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: Jared Plays Hymns; and the power of social media…
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HEALTH INSIGHT: EATING YOUR WAY (OR NOT) TO GOOD HEALTH?
BRIDIE KERSTEN looks at some of the issues raised by fad diets…
Terrorist threat forces Egyptian Christians to cancel summer activities
World Watch Monitor The churches of Egypt are temporarily shutting down their summer activities. “I asked all our churches and conference centres to cancel their trips and events for the next three weeks,” Dr Andrea Zaki, president of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, told World Watch Monitor. “There is news they could be targeted by […]
THE INTERVIEW: MICHAEL PERREAU, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES
Delegates from Bible societies around the world gathered in Sydney last week to mark the 200th anniversary of Bible Society Australia. DAVID ADAMS caught up with Michael Perreau, director general of the United Bible Societies…