Victorian Christian leaders voice opposition to proposed laws to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia
A group of Christian leaders in Victoria have joined in voicing their opposition to the State Government’s proposed new laws aimed at legalising assisted suicide and euthanasia in the state. In an open letter published on Monday, the leaders – who include the city’s Anglican Archbishop Philip Freier, Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart and Greek Orthodox Bishop […]
Cross desecrations continue in Goa, India, despite arrest of Catholic ‘culprit’
World Watch Monitor More than 40 crosses, tombstones and other religious items were vandalised at Curchorem Cemetery on 10th July. PICTURES: Via World Watch Monitor. Crosses continue to be desecrated in the Indian state of Goa, despite the police claiming to have captured the ‘culprit’, a 50-year-old Catholic who, from what police say, appears […]
THE INTERVIEW: STUART MCMILLAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA, PART I
The Uniting Church in Australia this year is marking its 40th anniversary. In part one of a two part interview, National President Stuart McMillan, speaks with DAVID ADAMS about what led to the creation of the church, the “rich edge” of the church today and his own journey to the office of president…
SIGHT-SEEING: WHY A 2,500-YEAR-OLD HEBREW POEM STILL MATTERS
As Jews around the world mark Tisha B’av, commemorating the destruction of the two temples in Jerusalem, DAVID W STOWE, professor of English and religious studies at Michigan State University in the US, reflects on the enduring power of Psalm 137 and how it has inspired activists and artists all over the world…
Bishop Munib Younan awarded 34th Niwano Peace Prize for work encouraging inter-religious dialogue
Bishop Munib Younan, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, has been awarded the Niwano Peace Prize for his work toward interreligious dialogue among Christians, Muslims and Jews, both in Jerusalem and worldwide. The prize is awarded each year by the The Niwano Peace Foundation of Japan in recognition of an individual […]