OPEN BOOK: II THESSALONIANS – HOLD FAST!
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his series on II Thessalonians, looks at a passage at the start of chapter II about keeping our eyes on the truth…
Mindanao in The Philippines gets first Christian deputy governor
World Watch Monitor The autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines has named its first deputy governor for Christians. Governor Mujiv Hataman said the appointment of Edgardo Ramirez, a known human rights activist and radio broadcaster, would ensure the voices of Christians – a minority in the region – are heard. After taking office on […]
San Diego Catholic bishop calls border wall prototypes ‘grotesque’
RNS San Diego Catholic Bishop Robert McElroy condemned the US Trump administration’s border wall effort this week, calling it “ineffective” and “grotesque” as the President visited the region to tour prototypes. President Donald Trump used his first visit to California since taking office to decry current fences along the US-Mexico border as “inferior” – and […]
TRENDSPOTTER: DRIVE TO MAKE FLYING CARS A REALITY
DAVID ADAMS looks at the growing push to make flying cars a reality…
Boko Haram survivors say fresh clothes help with fresh start
Thomson Reuters Foundation Sometimes, a change of clothes can make all the difference. For young women who have survived kidnappings and rapes by Boko Haram in Nigeria, fresh clothing is critical to helping shed their status as victims and resume normal lives, survivors said on Tuesday. Hauwa and Ya Kaka – identified for their protection […]
Iraqi archbishop nominated for 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
World Watch Monitor Archbishop Sako Archbishop Louis Raphaël I Sako, the head of the Iraq-based Chaldean Church, one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, has been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, reports Asia News. Following his nomination, the archbishop said receiving the prize “would be an important and significant gesture, because it would highlight […]
INTERNET: AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY’S .BIBLE DOMAIN POLICIES RESTRICT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ONLINE, CRITICS SAY
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports about concerns over access to the .bible domain…
Archbishop of Canterbury joins in tributes to Stephen Hawking
The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid tribute to world-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in Cambridge early on Wednesday morning at the age of 76. Among tributes from around the world following news of his death, Archbishop Justin Welby tweeted that “Professor Stephen Hawking’s contribution to science was as limitless as the universe he […]
ESSAY: WAS ST PATRICK WELSH? AN EXPERT REVIEWS THE EVIDENCE
In an article first published on The Conversation, SIMON RODWAY, lecturer in Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University in Wales, looks at whether St Patrick was, as many believe, was Welsh…
MY MISSION: HELPING THE DEAF TO ACCESS SCRIPTURE
ADAN BURKE (with MARISA SORENSON) writes about his work at the US-based Deaf Bible Society…