The rebuilding of Marawi in The Philippines goes beyond infrastructure
World Watch Monitor An evacuation centre in Marawi, southern Philippines in June 2017. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. Two months after the southern Philippines’ city of Marawi was liberated from Islamic extremists, hundreds of thousands of its inhabitants are still living in temporary shelters outside the city, not knowing where to start with the rebuilding of […]
OPEN BOOK: I THESSALONIANS – PAUL STATES HIS CREDENTIALS
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his examination of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians…
23 Catholic missionaries killed in 2017
World Watch Monitor At least 23 people working for the Catholic Church were killed in 2017, a Vatican agency has said. For the ninth consecutive year the continent in which most violent deaths occurred was America. Ten pastoral workers were killed in Africa, five in Nigeria, and two were killed in Asia, both in the Philippines, […]
KNOW IT ALL: SUFFRAGETTES
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the UK’s Representation of the People Act in 1918 which gave some women the right to vote for the first time in Great Britain and Ireland, an act which signalled a partial victory at least for the radical campaigners known as the suffragettes. So who were they? […]
Campaign against Algeria’s church “intensified”, says Middle East Concern
World Watch Monitor The Cathedral of Algiers. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. Churches and individual Christians in Algeria have faced increased restrictions in recent months, raising concerns that these pressures signal a “coordinated campaign of intensified action against churches by the governing authorities”, according to Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern. On 19th December, three Christians were […]
Follow Iceland and make it illegal to pay men more than women, say experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Other countries should follow Iceland which has become the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women, politicians and equal rights campaigners said on Wednesday. Iceland has been widely praised for introducing legislation on 1st January that imposes fines on any company or government agency with over 25 […]
In the US, hurricane-damaged houses of worship can now receive FEMA aid
RNS Pastor Charles Stoker looks over damage to Hi-Way Tabernacle Assembly of God Church after Hurricane Harvey in Cleveland, Texas, north of Houston. PICTURE: Courtesy of Becket Law Firm After lawsuits and a US Supreme Court decision, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a new policy extending disaster relief to churches, synagogues and other […]
ESSAY: AS YOU TRAVEL, PAUSE AND TAKE A LOOK AT AIRPORT CHAPELS
Boston-based academic WENDY CADGE, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how airport chapels have changed in the US since the first was established in 1951…
‘Noah’s Ark’ adrift as storm hits Dutch town
BosNewsLife A replica of Noah’s Ark was drifting away after a severe storm swept across the port of Dutch town Urk on Wednesday, smashing several boats and prompting the rescue of seven people on board the massive vessel, eyewitnesses told BosNewsLife. There were no reports of injuries, but rescue teams struggled to regain control of the […]