SIGHT-SEEING: BAD IDEAS WON’T SOLVE PROBLEMS
AMANDA JACKSON looks at why some ideas are just bad…
World Council of Churches joins call for an end to conflict in Eastern Ghouta
The World Council of Churches has expressed its dismay at the escalation of military action against civilians in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, where more than 550 people have now reportedly died in the past week. In a statement released on Monday, the WCC said it was “saddened and shocked” that violence was continuing despite a UN […]
Asia Bibi’s family and Boko Haram survivor visit Pope
World Watch Monitor Rome’s Colosseum was bathed in red light on Saturday night in solidarity with victims of religious persecution. As Reuters reported, the light-show marked a meeting between Pope Francis and family members of Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and in prison since 2009, and Rebecca Bitrus, a Nigerian […]
Christian leaders close Church of the Holy Sepulchre in protest over government moves on property
Church leaders in Jerusalem have taken the unusual step of closing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in a protest against moves to collect property tax on some church-owned properties and proposed legislation which they fear would let the state expropriate church-owned land. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and […]
ESSAY: BILLY GRAHAM, REACHING THE LAST PERSON IN THE LAST ROW
KEN GARFIELD, journalist and author of Billy Graham: A Life in Pictures, reflects Rev Graham’s impact and legacy…
Monks in Egypt want new church in memory of Copts killed in Minya bus attack
World Watch Monitor Following an Egyptian town council’s order recently to demolish a makeshift memorial for the 28 Copts murdered on Ascension Day last year as they travelled towards a monastery, the Governor of Minya has met with a delegation of monks from the monastery to discuss the matter. The memorial was erected on the spot where the Copts’ buses had been […]
RUTH GRAHAM: THE SILENT ROCK BEHIND A FAMOUS EVANGELIST
BENEDICTA CIPOLLA, of Religion News Service, reports…
THIS LIFE: SPIRITUAL LESSONS IN EVERYDAY LIVING
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on how everyday incidents can reveal spiritual truths…