Theologian and religious broadcaster RC Sproul dies at 78
RNS Theologian RC Sproul. PICTURE: Ligonier Ministries US theologian RC Sproul, who founded Florida-based Ligonier Ministries and authored dozens of books, has died at age 78. Dr Sproul died on Thursday at an Altamonte Springs, Florida, hospital, his ministry announced. He was hospitalised with severe respiratory problems that were complicated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease […]
Updated: Australian Royal Commission recommends religious ministers be compelled to report child sex abuse and Vatican consider making celibacy voluntary
Updated: 12pm, 16th December, 2017 Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses in Child Sexual Abuse has handed down its final report with 189 recommendations, including that religious ministers be forced to report suspicions or knowledge of abuse gained in the confessional and that the Catholic Church consider introducing voluntary, instead of mandatory, celibacy for clergy. […]
Landmine deaths soar in 2016 with record number of child victims, report
Thomson Reuters Foundation A record number of children were reported killed or hurt by landmines and other explosives last year, with a handful of conflicts contributing to a “horrific” toll for the second year running, experts said on Thursday. The annual Landmine Monitor report recorded 8,605 casualties in 2016, the second highest figure since 1999 […]
Australia’s Anglican Primate says church “deeply appreciates” work of Royal Commission looking into child sexual abuse
Australia’s Anglican Primate, Dr Philip Freier, has said the Anglican Church “deeply appreciates” the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse as the Royal Commission hands down its final report. In a statement, Dr Freier, the Archbishop of Melbourne, said that while the Anglican Church of Australia had “worked assiduously” and […]
CHRISTMAS: NOT AS YOU KNOW IT – AUTHOR PUTS NEW SLANT ON TREASURED TRADITIONS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with author Judith Flanders about why the origins of Christmas traditions may be different that what we’ve thought…