The TCM Update – Hillsong’s Young & Free makes chart history
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SNAPSHOT: BRUGES, BELGIUM
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Christians in Egypt jailed for worshipping in unlicensed house
Morning Star News Authorities on Wednesday ordered 15 more days of jail for Christians arrested on 22nd August in Egypt for worshipping in a house without a permit, rights activists said. After Muslim mobs demonstrated against the Virgin Mary and St Mahrael church in Luxor Governorate, 435 miles south of Cairo, police accused the Coptic Catholics […]
As countries look inward, development cash falls short – UN deputy chief
Thomson Reuters Foundation Funding for international efforts to build resilience to climate change and meet other development goals is faltering, warns United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed. “It is a tough world right now out there. Everyone is backsliding,” she said in an interview. Instead of thinking about common action, more world leaders are […]
US: WITH VOTING RIGHTS ACT WEAKENED, BLACK CHURCH NETWORKS SEEK MORE VOTERS
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how black Christian denominations and networks in the US are working to get more people to vote in ths US midterm elections…
Banned from meeting in church, Rwandan worshippers gather at home
Kigali, RwandaRNS Grace Umutesi has secretly been conducting services in her house in the Bannyahe slum on the outskirts of the capital since officials shut down her church in July for failing to comply with building safety standards and other regulations. “I’m very disappointed by the decision of the government to close our church,” said […]
ESSAY: IT STARTS WITH ME
ADRIAN ROWSE, founder of Australia’s Ping Pong-A-Thon – which aims to raise funds for efforts to counter sex trafficking, says addressing the issue of human trafficking starts with all of us…
KNOW IT ALL: GOOGLE
Ubiquitous web giant Google this month knocks up 20 years of existence, so we thought it a good time to take a look at some salient facts and milestones in the company’s history. DAVID ADAMS reports…
Pope leads Catholics to profit from, not just give to, the poor
Thomson Reuters Foundation After decades of giving to charity, a growing number of Catholics are starting to put their philanthropic billions into profitable investments instead – a new aid model, backed by Pope Francis, that experts say could help end poverty. Catholic investment funds, which manage capital from hundreds of faith-based organisations, are increasingly investing […]
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – FAITHFUL, QUIET ROUTINES
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his series on the Epistle of James, looks at the call to be prayerful in all seasons as the community shares life together…