Catholic priest who was Marawi hostage for almost four months tries to find healing
World Watch Monitor One year after Islamist militants stormed the southern Philippines city of Marawi and eight months since his escape from his kidnappers, Catholic priest Father Teresito Suganob is trying to find healing for himself and his nation, reports UCAN. Father Suganob was one of around 200 people who were taken hostage by the Islamists when they stormed […]
SNAPSHOT: HAWA MAHAL, JAIPUR, INDIA
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Christians invited to join in weekly prayer for women facing gender-based violence
The World Council of Churches has invited people to join in a weekly time of prayer for women who are “standing strong in the face of gender-based violence”. Each Thursday, beginning next week on 31st May, the WCC will release a prayer via its website and social media which has been shared by members of […]
London Zoo uses art to highlight plastic pollution scourge
Thomson Reuters Foundation An art installation made of 15,000 plastic bottles went on show at London Zoo on Thursday to highlight the devastating impact of litter on the oceans, as public pressure to tackle the problem grows in Britain. Between five and 14 tonnes of plastic are estimated to enter the world’s oceans every year, […]
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – POOR AND RICH; HIGHS AND LOWS
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In the US, Southern Baptists see ‘judgment of God’ in #MeToo reckoning
RNS One day after the removal of a prominent seminary president following a series of contentious remarks about women, Southern Baptists have begun a public reckoning. The forced retirement of Paige Patterson, the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has broken a dam of anger, resentment and recrimination both for his […]