ESSAY: POPE FRANCIS SHOULDN’T RISK GOING TO MYANMAR
Rev THOMAS REESE, US Catholic priest and member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom writes, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that Pope Francis should rethink his upcoming trip to Myanmar…
US tells Sudan to ‘immediately suspend’ church demolitions
World Watch Monitor John J Sullivan said “the treatment of members of religious minorities is often the ultimate indicator of a government’s commitment” to religious freedom. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor The US Deputy Secretary of State has called on Sudan to “immediately suspend” its demolition of churches and to hold a roundtable discussion with Christian […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WHAT MANUS ISLAND REFUGEES HAVE TAUGHT ME ABOUT FOLLOWING JESUS
NILS VON KALM reflects on the “uncomfortable” nature of what it means to follow Jesus…
Della Reese, minister and star of ‘Touched by an Angel’, dies at 86
RNS An October 1991 photo of actress Della Reese. PICTURE: AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac. Della Reese, a onetime gospel singer and groundbreaking African-American talk show host later known for her lead role in the TV series Touched by an Angel, has died at age 86. She died on Sunday, according to a statement from her series […]
New Zealand considers visa for climate ‘refugees’ from Pacific islands
Thomson Reuters Foundation Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. PICTURE: Dan Freeman/Unsplash New Zealand is proposing a special refugee visa for Pacific Islanders who are forced to migrate because of rising sea levels, the nation’s new climate change minister said, as world leaders wrap up United Nations climate talks in Germany. In the […]
Recovered addict offering hope in the US as he spends three days in the “grave”
John Edwards in a “grave” during a previous event in Belfast. Irishman John Edwards was planning to be “buried” in a coffin at a church the US on Sunday afternoon in a bid to offer “words of life from the grave” for those affected by a drug epidemic that is sweeping across the US and […]
THIS LIFE: WHAT IF YOU COULD HAVE A NEW BEGINNING?
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, on what it means to begin afresh in Christ…