World Council of Churches condemns “excessive force” against Gaza protestors; “worried” some Christians celebrating US embassy move
The World Council Churches has issued a statement condemning the use of “excessive violence” by Israeli forces against “civilian protestors” in Gaza during the past week. In a strongly worded statement, the WCC also said it was “particularly worried” that some Christians were celebrating the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem as a “gift […]
Marawi Catholics accompany Muslims in Ramadan fast in The Philippines
World Watch Monitor Catholic and Muslim residents of the battle-scarred city of Marawi, in the southern Philippines, started the Islamic month of fasting together this week, as part of a local tradition dating back almost 40 years. As Ramadan began on 13th May, Christian families were encouraged to “accompany their Muslim neighbours in fasting, prayer […]
BRAZIL: “FREEDOM BUT NO DIGNITY” – SLAVE DESCENDANTS FIGHT FOR LAND
KARLA MENDES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the descendants of Brazil’s slaves are fighting for land rights, 130 years after slavery was formally abolished…
Senegal’s street children turn trauma into art in Africa’s biggest exhibition
Thomson Reuters Foundation Young boys who were forced to beg on the streets for Islamic teachers have turned their suffering into art, as they join more than 1,000 artists showing their work at Africa’s biggest and oldest biennale art exhibition in Senegal this month. Some 50,000 child beggars known as talibe live in religious schools […]
ESSAY: IS JERUSALEM’S EMBASSY PART OF GOD’S GRAND PLAN? WHY SOME EVANGELICALS LOVE ISRAEL
American academic and author JOHN FEA, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at why many evangelicals view the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy…
ESSAY: NEW US POLICY TOWARD JERUSALEM WILL ADVANCE PEACE IN THE REGION
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN HAGEE, founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, argues that the US move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a step forward in bringing peace to the region…
SIGHT-SEEING: SHOP TILL WE DROP?
AMANDA JACKSON reflects on the challenges in buying ethically…
Tony Perkins appointed to US panel on international religious freedom
RNS Tony Perkins, the head of the conservative Christian lobbying group Family Research Council, has been appointed to a US Government commission dedicated to “defending the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad”. On Monday, the Congressional Record revealed that Mr Perkins had been appointed to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom on the […]