Saudi Arabia to reopen ancient church as ‘gift’ to visiting Lebanese Patriarch
World Watch Monitor An old building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, believed to have once served as a Dutch church. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor, 2011 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has reportedly announced plans to restore and re-open a 900-year-old church as a “gift” to the Lebanese Patriarch. The church is to be used as a […]
ESSAY: HOW ENTREPRENEURS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE GETTING KIDS INTO SCHOOL
With today marking Universal Children’s Day, CHRIS MURDOCH, Opportunity International Australia’s global chief strategist, says that if the gains made in reducing global poverty are to be maintain, children must be provided access to quality education and employment opportunities…
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Despite law, State Department misses deadline to name religious freedom violators
RNS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks on the release of the 2016 annual report on International Religious Freedom on 15th August at the State Department in Washington, DC. PICTURE: AP Photo/Susan Walsh The US State Department often misses its deadline to release a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom – or […]