“Just like slaves”: African migrant children face highest risk of abuse – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Migrant children trying to reach Europe face beatings, forced labour and sexual exploitation, with sub-Saharan African children facing the highest risks, in part stoked by racism, according to a report released on Tuesday. Up to three quarters of children face abuse, exploitation and trafficking on Mediterranean migration routes, a joint report by […]
India’s church rejoices after release of Fr Tom Uzhunnalil
World Watch Monitor India’s church, government and politicians from across the political landscape have all expressed relief and joy over the release of Salesian Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, kidnapped in Yemen in March, 2016. Statements hailing the release of the Indian priest have poured in – from India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, to the president of the […]
Memorial service for people lost to suicide to be held in Sydney this week
A special memorial service for family and friends to remember people lost to suicide will be held at the Sydney Opera House this Thursday. The service, which is run by suicide prevention training service Wesley LifeForce, is now in its 20th year and has attracted up to 500 people. Rev Keith Garner, CEO of Wesley […]
GOOD, BAD OR LOVE?
Clinical psychologist Dr Henry Cloud says that the opposite of ‘bad’ is not ‘good’, but ‘love’. PICTURE: Jez Timms/Unsplash We go through life thinking the opposite of ‘bad’ is ‘good’. Therefore, if we do ‘bad’, the only way to fix it is to do ‘good’. Indeed, more good than bad. While this is commendable, ‘good’ […]
Statelessness can be seen as “most extreme violation” of international law, says NGO head
The existence of statelessness can be viewed as the “most extreme violation” the international law, according to the president of German NGO, Bread for the World. In comments made at a conference on the issue held in Berlin last week, Rev Dr Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, whose organisation is the development and relief agency of Protestant churches in […]
CONVERSATIONS: FIONA BAIRD, ADVOCATE FOR IRANIAN CHRISTIANS
Elam – an organisation aimed at supporting the Persian-speaking church in Iran and beyond – recently opened a regional office in Australia. Director Fiona Baird speaks to DAVID ADAMS about the organisation’s purpose, what life is like for Christians in Iran, and why the church there is seeing such growth at the moment…