THE INTERVIEW: AUTHOR OF BOOKS ON PRESIDENTS’ FAITH SAYS TRUMP MISUNDERSTANDS EVANGELICALS
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to author Stephen Mansfield about the newest US President’s faith…
Longtime evangelist Luis Palau announces cancer diagnosis
RNS Luis Palau, centre, announces his cancer diagnosis via video on his website Palau.org with his sons Andrew, left, and Kevin, right. PICTURE: Video screenshot Christian evangelist Luis Palau, who has preached across the globe for five decades, says he has late-stage lung cancer. “Everything is ready and if the Lord wants to take me […]
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In a first, Pope Francis performs marriage ceremony on a plane during Chile visit
Pope Francis has performed an impromptu mid-air wedding for two flight attendants during a journey between two cities in Chile – the first time a pope has performed such a ceremony in a plane. Vatican News reports that the couple – Paula Podest Ruiz and Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga – had a civil union in 2010 but […]
Cross dedicated as “icon of Christian unity” at WCC chapel
The cross in the Ecumenical Centre chapel. PICTURE: Ivars Kupcis/WCC A cross described as an “icon of Christian unity” has been dedicated at the World Council of Churches’ chapel in Geneva, Switzerland. The two metre high cross from El Salvador has become known as the Lund Cross in a tribute to the Swedish city […]
Afghan Christian convert ‘could face death’ if deported from Switzerland
World Watch Monitor An Afghan convert to Christianity could face persecution, imprisonment and even death if the Swiss government succeeds in deporting him, a religious liberty advocacy group has said. The Vienna-based organisation, ADF International, announced on Thursday that it filed an expert brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of the […]
ESSAY: WHERE IS THE CHURCH ON #METOO?
Against the backdrop of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, US Christian author, speaker and radio host AUTUMN MILES says it’s way past due for the church to “rise up against the sin in our midst”…