THE BIG PICTURE: ‘ALL JESUS WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU’
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s December poster…
COMMEMORATION: WITH HOLY OIL AND A PAINT ROLLER – COPTIC ICON PAINTERS WORK ON MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF ISLAMIC STATE
In an article first published by the World Council of Churches news service, KATJA DOROTHEA BUCK reports from Egypt on how icon painters are commemorating 21 martyrs killed on a Libyan beach by the so-called Islamic State in early 2015…
OPEN BOOK: THE GOSPEL SPREADS THROUGH MACEDONIA – PART 2
In the second part of a two part article, BRUCE C WEARNE, before launching into a new series looking at I and II Thessalonians, sets the scene with a look back at what Acts says about Paul’s visit to Thessalonica…
Catholic priest missing as Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh
World Watch Monitor Pope Francis has arrived in Bangladesh, where a Catholic priest disappeared three days ago, highlighting the pressure Christians and other minority groups are under in the mainly Muslim country. Father Walter William Rozario, who is also the headmaster of a high school, went missing in northern Natore district on 27th November, on […]
Structure around Christ’s tomb dated to Roman period
Mortar from a structure surrounding the tomb – said to have been the resting place of Jesus Christ between His crucifixion and resurrection – has been dated to around 345 AD, close to the date when historical accounts said Romans discovered the tomb and built a shrine over it, according to scientific evidence presented to […]
Europe’s Muslim population growing — but won’t be a majority anytime soon
RNS Even if migration to Europe ceased – no immigrants, no refugees – the percentage of Muslims in those countries would still rise over the next three decades. That’s according to new projections released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. Though it hasn’t been long since Pew made its last projections on population growth of […]