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Britain holds memorial day for ‘honour killing’ victims
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain will hold a memorial day on Saturday to remember the victims of so-called honour killings. Honour-based violence is done to punish those – usually girls and women – deemed to have brought shame on their family or community by not conforming to traditional expectations. Infringements may include having a boyfriend, rejecting […]
FINDING HELL (AND HEAVEN): FREED CZECH CHARITY WORKER RECALLS HIS TIME IN SUDAN’S JAILS
In an in-depth report, ABIGAIL FRYMANN ROUCH, of World Watch Monitor speaks with Petr Jašek, a Christian Czech aid worker who spent more than 14 months in a prison in Sudan…
US Episcopal convention approves a ‘pastoral solution’ on same-sex marriage
RNS Same-sex couples will now be able to marry in their home parish even if their local bishop has moral objections to gay marriage, Episcopal Church leaders decided on Friday. Meeting in Austin at their triennial convention, the House of Bishops and House of Deputies, the bicameral governing body of the church, approved the controversial […]