LIFESTORY: HOW ONE NIGERIAN EVANGELIST ENDURES PERSECUTION AS A “LIFESTYLE”, PART II
In the second part of a two part article, Nigerian evangelist Habibu Adam Mohammed talks to Morning Star News about the impact his conversion to Christianity had in his relationship with his family, how God has provided him with a new ‘family’ and his messages for both the persecuted church – and their persecutors…
ESSAY: AFTER LAS VEGAS, WHO SAYS PRAYER DOESN’T WORK?
In the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern US history, BRANDON AMBROSINO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, responds to those who say prayer doesn’t work and says cries of “don’t pray, act” fundamentally misunderstand the relationship between prayer and real-world action…
Fears of a security breakdown as Mali Catholic churches attacked
World Watch Monitor Catholics in Mali have suffered a fresh wave of attacks at the hands of gunmen believed to be jihadists, amid a “dramatic” deterioration in security in the centre of the country. Several churches were attacked last month, according to the news agency AFP. In Dobara, 800 kilometres north of the capital, Bamako, armed […]
‘Mixed feelings’ for families after IS cameraman reveals where beheaded Copts were buried in Libya
World Watch Monitor The families of the 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded on a beach in Libya in 2015 say they have “mixed feelings” after the cameraman who filmed the beheadings reportedly told the authorities where the bodies were buried. Coptic news site Watani spoke to the families of 13 of the murdered Christians, who were from the […]
STRANGESIGHTS: 8,026 TEDDY BEARS AND COUNTING; WHY YOU SHOULDN’T PAT A LION; AND, A US COUPLE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
First global funding pact launched to secure indigenous land rights
Thomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous people under threat from companies seeking to develop their land for agriculture, mining and energy projects will be supported with money and practical help through a major global partnership backed by philanthropic and government funding. The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility is the first initiative to provide grants to advance […]
40 Catholic organisations around the globe announce they are shunning investments in fossil fuels
A coalition of 40 Catholic institutions, located on five continents, announced this week that they were shunning investments in fossil fuels and urged others to follow suit. As well as financial organisations including Germany’s Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG and Oikocredit Belgium, the institutions include four organisations based in Assisi, Italy, the home of St […]
INDIA: “WITCHES” BEATEN, BURIED, BURNED FOR LAND IN RAJASTHAN
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the need for greater action to stop attacks on women branded witches in the Indian state of Rajasthan, often in a bid to gain property…