‘Pakistan’s Mother Teresa’ honoured with state funeral
World Watch Monitor Dr Ruth Pfau. PICTURE: Maik Meid/Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0 For the first time in the recent history of Pakistan, a Christian, who is actually a German but adopted Pakistan has her homeland, is being honoured with a state funeral. Dr Ruth Pfau, who was 87, died on 10th August. Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, […]
In the US, black clergy call for churches to foster healing in the aftermath of Charlottesville
RNS An ecumenical group of African-American clergy gather outside the US Capitol in opposition to the proposed pending budget and health care bill on 18th July. PICTURE: RNS/Madeleine Buckley A coalition of African-American clergy is calling on churches to serve as sacred spaces for healing in the aftermath of violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and as […]