Violence affects three in four children globally, report says
Thomson Reuters Foundation From fist fights at school to murder and sexual abuse, each year nearly three in four children worldwide experience some form of violence, which has long term health and economic costs, a report said on Tuesday. The study by India-based advocacy group Know Violence in Childhood found that an estimated 1.7 billion […]
STRANGESIGHTS: OF HIVE MINDS AND FROYO; AN EXHIBITION – FOR PETS; AND, A LONG LASTING PAY-IT-FORWARD MOMENT…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
ESSAY: KNEELING AT NFL LITURGIES – IT’S A LITTLE STRANGE FOR A CATHOLIC
Against the backdrop of a controversy which has see US President Donald Trump among those criticising NFL players for kneeling during the US national anthem as a means of protest, THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the different meanings kneeling can have…
LIFESTORY: HOW ONE NIGERIAN EVANGELIST ENDURES PERSECUTION AS A “LIFESTYLE”, PART I
In part one of a two part article, Nigerian evangelist Habibu Adam Mohammed talks to Morning Star News about how his work in reaching out to Muslim Fulani tribesman has led to several attempts on his life but failed to deter him from the task of sharing the Gospel…
Nepali Christians freed nine months after conviction for ‘witchcraft’ of praying for mentally ill woman
World Watch Monitor Four Nepali Christians sentenced last year to five years in prison for “violence and witchcraft”, after praying for a mentally ill woman, have been released after their sentences were overturned. In a statement, the Federation of National Christians Nepal (FNCN), thanked the court for “setting free our innocent people”, and said it […]