Trump names religious liberty ‘warrior’ Brett Kavanaugh to US Supreme Court
RNS US President Donald Trump has nominated US Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be his Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, setting the stage for a heated confirmation battle that will likely focus on his views regarding both law and religion. Trump made the announcement from the White House on Monday […]
Catholic priest in Bethlehem says his parish facing “serious problems”
Christians now make up just 17 per cent of the population of Bethlehem as young people continue to emigrate to other countries, according to a Catholic parish priest there. Agenzia Fides reports that Rami Asakrieh, parish priest in Bethlehem of the church of Santa Caterina – located near the Basilica of the Nativity, said his parish […]
World’s fish consumption unsustainable, UN warns
Thomson Reuters Foundation A third of the world’s oceans are overfished and fish consumption is at an all-time high, raising fears over the sustainability of a key source of protein for millions around the world, the United Nations warned in a report on Monday. Overfishing is particularly bad in parts of the developing world where […]
GENESIS – BEGINNING
The early chapters of Genesis are some of the most profound in Western literature, but they have been stolen by an overblown debate about scientific origins. I’m stealing them back! PICTURE: Jenny Smith/Unsplash The Book of Genesis makes the radical claim that the universe had a beginning. Most other philosophical systems posit a cyclical universe. […]
INDIA: “WORST WATER CRISIS IN HISTORY” LEAVES MILLIONS THIRSTY
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India…
Iranian Christian released by ‘courageous’ judge
World Watch Monitor An Iranian Christian has been released from prison after being arrested in April for “propaganda against the [Iranian] establishment”, Middle East Concern has reported. Mohammad Ali Yassaghi was kept in Babol Prison in the capital of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. He is a member of the self-styled Church of Iran, which has a […]
SIGHT-SEEING: PALLIATIVE CARE, PERSONHOOD, THE IMAGE OF GOD
In an article first published by Ethos: The EA Centre for Christianity and Society, GRETA EC WELLS reflects on what it means to be a person made in the image of God…
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Following the recent killings of priests in the Central African Republic, Catholic officials worry that clergy are being targeted by armed groups for their peacemaking efforts. On 29th June, Firmin Gbagoua, vicar general of the Bambari Diocese, which covers much of the Central African Republic, was killed by a suspected Muslim rebel group. […]