SIGHT-SEEING: HOW TO CHANGE HEARTS ON RACE
US columnist RICHARD MOUW, in an article first published by Religion News Service, reflects on how the issue of racial justice needs both law – and love…
Pope Francis to deliver message decrying ‘fake news’
RNS Pope Francis gestures during a meeting with the media onboard the papal plane while en route to Rome on 17th February, 2016. PICTURE: Alessandro Di Meo/Reuters Pope Francis is preparing an address on “fake news” expected to tackle the thorny issue of journalistic integrity in a speech marking World Communications Day. Pope Francis announced his […]
Six Christians jailed as pressure on churches increases in China
World Watch Monitor The Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen, Shanxi province, was demolished earlier this month. PICTURE: A still taken from a Guardian video. A Chinese court in the southwestern province of Yunnan sent six Protestant Christians to prison last week for their membership of an “evil cult”. The verdict comes as part of a provincial […]
BOOKS: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY – THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF ARTHUR STACE REVEALED
DAVID ADAMS reads Roy Williams’ biography of the man Sydneysiders came to know as “Mr Eternity”…
North Korea’s hunger emergency tops list of most under-reported crises in 2017
North Korea’s ongoing hunger emergency topped a list of the 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2017, according to a new report from aid and development organisation CARE Australia. The report, Suffering in Silence, said that some 18 million people in North Korea – 70 per cent of the population – rely on government food […]
10 Roman Catholic priests arrested in protests in Congo
RNS Congolese young men take part in a protest against President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to step down from power in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 31st December, 2017. Congolese security forces shot dead two men outside a church that day while dispersing demonstrators protesting in the country’s capital against President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to […]
LOVE
I heard this profound quote from a school chaplain: “A child who is loved at home comes to school to learn. A child who doesn’t know love at home comes to school to find it.” PICTURE: Clem Onojeghuo/Unsplash Wow. When you see children misbehaving, acting out, seeking attention, it could very well be that they […]
TRAFFICKING: LURED WITH A HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER DREAM, ROHINGYA GIRLS SOLD IN INDIA
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India…
Pence: US embassy to move to Jerusalem in 2019
USA Today (via RNS) A view of the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem’s Old City seen from Mount of Olives. President Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on 6th December and instructed the State Department to begin the multi-year process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. PICTURE: Oded Balilty/AP Photo. […]