ESSAY: ABANDONING CELIBACY WON’T STOP SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS
US Catholic priest THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, responds to the recommendations of Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse…
Syrian baby’s photo inspires people around the world to cover one eye
Thomson Reuters Foundation An image of a Syrian baby’s striking scar trailing down what used to be his left eye has sparked a global campaign of solidarity, with people around world posting photos on Twitter of themselves covering one eye. Amer Almohibany, a Syrian freelance photojournalist documenting Syria’s six-year war said he was haunted by […]
OPEN BOOK: I THESSALONIANS – SOUNDING FORTH THE ‘WORD OF THE LORD’
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his look at I Thessalonians…
After 12 years of delays, new church for Copts in Upper Egypt, who agree to drop arson claims
World Watch Monitor In July, 2017, Christian villagers of Kom El-Loufy met with a number of MPs to discuss the issue of not having a church in their village. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. Copts in the Egyptian town of Kom El-Loufy, Upper Egypt, 250 kilometres south of Cairo, started the construction of a church this […]
Breaking: Pedestrians struck by car in Melbourne CBD in what Premier calls “an act of evil”
Updated: 10pm, 21st December, 2017Some 19 people have been injured after a four wheel drive collided with numerous pedestrians in Melbourne this afternoon. Police said the incident took place in front of Flinders Street railway station at about 4.41pm and that the 32-year-old driver of the vehicle was arrested at the scene. A second man […]
US Christian audio adventure producer releases free video explaining the meaning of Christmas
The US-based producer of an award-winning Christian audio series is offering churches and small groups the chance to show a free video telling the Christmas story and explaining why Christmas has, for many, been “relegated to a sort of Santa Claus tale”. Bill Heid, executive producer of Heirloom Audio Productions, has produced the video – […]
THIS LIFE: A PRE-CHRISTMAS REFLECTION
In a reworking of an earlier piece by US-based philosopher and author Roy Clouser, BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the enduring power of the Christmas story…
US cardinal’s death prompts apologies – and anger
RNS Barbara Blaine, left, president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and Barbara Dorris protest in front of the diocesan authorities headquarter in Munich, southern Germany, in 2010. The members of the US-based group arrived in Munich that day to encourage more victims in Germany to come forward. “We want to reach […]
HUMANITARIAN: CONGO’S HIDDEN “MEGA-CRISIS” IS MOST NEGLECTED OF 2017, SAYS POLL
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that Africa remains home to some of the world’s worst crises, including the much-overlooked tragedy unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo…