Bahraini king positions as promoter of interfaith tolerance
World Watch Monitor Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (left) and Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre with interfaith leaders during the signing of the declaration The King of Bahrain has sought to promote his country as a global champion of religious tolerance with a declaration that advocates freedom of religion for all […]
PAPAL VISIT: COPTIC ORTHODOX POPE TAWADROS II BRINGS MESSAGE OF PEACE AND HOPE IN FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was recently in Australia for a 10 day official visit – this first to the country as Pope. DAVID ADAMS had an audience with His Holiness at the Coptic Orthodox Church’s new base in Melbourne…
World Vision among NGO coalition calling for Australia to do more to protect child refugees
World Vision Australia is among a coalition of NGOs calling on the Australian Government to significantly increase the country’s annual humanitarian refugee intake and offer more children protection, to ban immigration detention of children and to ensure families are kept together where-ever possible. They are among a raft of demands being made ahead of a […]
World Council of Churches welcomes opening of treaty banning nuclear weapons to signatures
The World Council of Churches has welcomed the formal opening of a treaty to ban nuclear weapons for countries to sign and expressed thanksgiving for the 50 states which have already done so. The historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was formally opened for signatures on 20th September. Among the 50 countries which […]
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT: “ZERO-WASTE” STORES PUT CONSUMERS ON FRONTLINE IN FIGHT AGAINST PACKAGING
ANNA-PUJOL MAZZINI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the trend for package-free shops…
Updated: Death toll from Mexico earthquake tops 230
Updated: 10am 21st September, 2017 The death toll in the wake of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck in central Mexico on Tuesday has risen to at least 230. The earthquake, which struck at about 1.14pm local time – on the 32nd anniversary of a massive 1985 quake in which thousands died, had an epicentre located […]