Indonesia’s tradition of religious pluralism under “severe threat”, says report
Indonesia’s tradition of religious pluralism is under “severe threat” with religious minorities increasingly fearful of rising intolerance, according to a new report from religious freedom advocacy Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The report, which comes after CSW representatives visited the country in May, said the country’s “reputation as a role-model of a moderate, tolerant and democratic Muslim […]
‘Mr Eternity’ remembered in Sydney service
‘Mr Eternity’, Arthur Stace, was remembered at a service to mark 50 years since his death in Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday. More than 300 people reportedly gathered in the Anglican church to remember the man who, a reformed alcoholic who was dramatically converted to Christianity during the Great Depression, went on to famously […]
STRANGESIGHTS: DULL AND BORING UNITE WITH BLAND; THE MOOCH’S BAD WEEK GETS WORSE; AND BANNING SMARTPHONE ‘ZOMBIES’…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Archbishop of Canterbury hails ‘new beginning’ for church in Sudan
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has hailed the instalment of Sudan’s new Anglican Primate, Archbishop Ezekiel Kumir Kondo Kuku, as a “new beginning” for Christians in Sudan. In a sermon given as the new primate was formally installed at All Saints’ Cathedral in Khartoum on Saturday, Archbishop Welby said the birth of a new province within […]
HAVE A GO
Humans are strange beasts. DIVE IN! PICTURE: Markus Spiske/Unsplash Take this for example – some people live by this trut: better to live in the delusion that you can do something, rather than having a go, and finding out you can’t. Better to think you can do something, than have a go, and find out […]
THIS LIFE: WHAT CAN UNITY ACCOMPLISH?
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, explores the power of unity…