Breaking: US, UK and France launch missiles into Syria
Updated: 6pm, 14th April, 2018The US, UK and France have launched more than 100 missiles into Syria, targeting chemical weapons production and research sites after the prohibited weapons were reportedly used in an attack in the Syrian town of Douma last weekend, killing dozens. US President Donald Trump announced the “precision strikes” on Friday night. […]
Chibok abductions: “We are bitter, 122 girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram”
World Watch Monitor Saturday, 14th April marks the fourth anniversary of the abduction of 276 girls from a secondary boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok. At least 165 of them were believed to be Christian, according to a list of names and a statement released by the Christian Association of Nigeria weeks after their kidnapping. The statement, issued […]
POSTCARDS: AT AUSCHWITZ, THOUSANDS JOIN THE MARCH OF THE LIVING TO HONOUR THE DEAD
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Poland where she has just taken part in the March of the Living…
After priest is killed in Congo, clerics say they won’t be intimidated
RNS Roman Catholic priests in eastern Congo are vowing to continue their work in parishes, schools and clinics after the murder of one of their brethren this week in the largely lawless region. Priests and Catholic churches have long been the target of violence in the area. The killing on Sunday, 8th April, of Rev […]