Eritrea frees jailed evangelical pastor after 11 years
BosNewsLife Eritrean Pastor Oqbamichel Haimanot, who was jailed for participating in a Christian wedding and leading “outlawed” evangelical churches, has been released after 11 years behind bars, his supporters have told BosNewsLife. The frail evangelical pastor was first jailed in 2003 for several weeks, according to Christians with close knowledge about the situation. Haimanot was […]
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
Thomson Reuters Foundation Increasing food production through intensive farming will not necessarily end world hunger, experts said on Thursday in a finding that flies in the face of established policy. The United Nations has said countries must double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers by 2030 to eliminate hunger and ensure all people […]
At US Catholic bishops conference, a deeper embrace of Pope Francis — and relevancy
RNS The spring meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is historically the less eventful of the American church leadership’s two annual gatherings. It tends to be sparsely attended, focused on ecclesiastic procedures and mostly, well, boring. But this year’s meeting, at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa here, saw the bishops not […]