National Council of Churches in US condemns white supremacist movement after weekend of violence
The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA has condemned a gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, and said the “moral witness” of concerned people of faith, including clergy, who stood “as a barrier before those gathered in the cause of white supremacy” was an “inspiration”. A 32-year-old woman Heather […]
Updated: Clergy should have to report child sexual abuse, even if information comes from confessional, Australian Royal Commission recommends
Clergy should have to report child sexual abuse even if the crime comes to light during confession, Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has recommended. The recommendation is one of 85 contained in the report, Criminal Justice, released on Monday. Writing in the report, the commission said that while they understood the […]
THIS LIFE: PRESSING HEAVENWARD TO WIN THE PRIZE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, on what it means to “press on”…
Seven Christians smuggled out of IS-held Raqqa
World Watch Monitor Kurdish-led forces in Syria rescued seven Christians from IS-held Raqqa last week, according to reports. “Our forces have saved two Armenian families,” said Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian, Armenian, Turkmen and Circassian militias. The Syriac Military Council (SMC), a member of the US-backed SDF, said the seven were of Syriac […]