Eleven dead in US synagogue shooting
Last updated 9.30amEleven people have been killed and six more wounded after a gunman opened fire in a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh. The incident, which took place at the Tree of Life synagogue in the neighbourhood of Squirrel Hill, took place during Sabbath services early on Saturday. Four police officers were among […]
Pakistani Christian gets life for blasphemy despite learning difficulties
World Watch Monitor Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June, 2015. He has been in prison ever since, and now his hometown District and Sessions Court in Mirpur Khas, a small district in Pakistan’s Sindh province, has sentenced him to life-long imprisonment for […]
CATHOLIC CHURCH: AT VATICAN SUMMIT, MILLENNIAL CATHOLICS HAVE NO VOTE BUT DO HAVE A VOICE
At the Catholic Church’s Synod of the Bishops on Young People at the Vatican, DAVID GIBSON, writing for Religion News, talks to some of the young people attending…