THIS LIFE: CLINGING TO THE “IF ONLYS”
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, on the importance of ‘letting go’…
‘Be patient’ Chibok parents tell families of Nigeria’s latest kidnap victims
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yakubu Nkeki knows just what to say when he meets the parents of 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northeastern town of Dapchi last month. His daughter was among some 220 Chibok girls abducted by the insurgents in 2014, which shot Nigeria’s nine-year-old conflict with Boko Haram […]
Easter banner torn down from Pakistan church
World Watch Monitor A mob gathered outside the church. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. Armed violence broke out in eastern Pakistan on Sunday over an Easter banner hung outside a church. The incident took place in a Christian colony in Burewala, Punjab province. Police intervened and arrested three Muslim suspects, while seven injured Christians were taken […]
Catholic Church voices opposition to moves to censor social media in Nicaragua
Catholic Church leaders in Nicaragua have reportedly urged the national government not to censor social media, saying such a move would limit freedom of expression. Commenting after news that President Daniel Ortega had spoken with the president of the National Assembly about reviewing social networks – a move which the government says is about protecting […]
Enlist nature’s help to quench world’s growing thirst, UN report
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world should look to nature for better ways to maintain supplies of water, keep it clean, and protect people from droughts and floods, the United Nations said on Monday. As the global population expands and the planet warms, demand for water is rising, while the quality and reliability of our water […]
MIGRATION: IN SAHARAN OUTPOST, EUROPE’S UNWANTED STUCK IN LIMBO
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Niger on the plight of stranded migrants…
Free Bibles given away at Winter Olympics thanks to joint initiative of Biblica and Athletes in Action
Athletes at the recent Winter Olympics in South Korea were presented with copies of the Triumph and Struggle Bible in a joint project between international Bible society Biblica and Athletes in Action. Some 16,000 hardback copies of the Bible, in languages including English, Korean, Russian and Chinese, were shipped to Pyeongchang in South Korea prior to the […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, CAN GOVERNMENTS FORCE PREGNANCY CENTRES TO SPEAK A MESSAGE THEY DISAGREE WITH?
THOMAS GLESSNER and ANNE O’CONNOR, of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates in the US, argue that moves in America to force pro-life pregancy centres to refer clients to abortion clinics are unconstitutional…
FROM ASHES TO GLORY
Aussie author David Bennett’s From Ashes to Glory tells the story of CT Studd, an English cricketer who played in the very first Ashes match – with WG Grace. He was even connected to the making of the Ashes Urn! The Ashes Urn. PICTURE: danielgreef (licenced under CC BY 2.0) Soon afterwards CT Studd […]