THIS LIFE: DON’T BE PART OF THE BLAME GAME
In the wake of the Florida school shooting in the US, columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the importance of engaging with those around us…
In Uzbekistan, religious freedoms ‘not recognised in law and practice’, says UN special rapporteur
World Watch Monitor Law changes and a strong political will are needed if Uzbeks are to freely practise their faith, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom or Religion or Belief. Ahmed Shaheed presented his findings on 2nd March to the Human Rights Council as it meets for its 37th session in Geneva, Switzerland, […]
Interfaith film misses Oscar, but raises hope in Africa
RNS A scene from ‘Watu Wote’, based on the militant ambush of a Mandera, Kenya, bus in December, 2015. PICTURE: Courtesy of Hamberg Media School It didn’t bring home an Oscar this week, but a film nominated for one is helping to spread a message that many Africans said is too rarely heard: that people […]
Pastor, other Christians slain in attacks in north-east Nigeria
Morning Star News Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northeast Nigeria killed a pastor and 19 other Christians on 27th February in apparent retaliation for attacks by ethnic Bachama militia on Fulani families, sources said. Rev Haruna Enoch was killed along with the others in herdsmen attacks on four predominantly Christian areas in the Numan and […]
Pope Francis to visit World Council of Churches in June
Pope Francis will visit the World Council of Churches headquarter in Geneva in June – only the third time a Pope has done so. Roman Catholic Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches – which is this […]