POSTCARDS: BRICK BY BRICK, GREEN HOMES BUILD COHESION BETWEEN SYRIAN REFUGEES AND JORDANIANS
ADELA SULIMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Jordan on how a project to create affordable green homes is helping to strengthen relationships between Syrian refiugees and locals…
“No grounds for Supreme Court review”, says Asia Bibi’s lawyer, having fled country
World Watch Monitor The lawyer who defended the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi against blasphemy charges and secured her acquittal at the Supreme Court says he does not expect a review of her case to take place. As part of its agreement with an Islamist political party to stop its violent protests, the government is reported to […]
A Christian cannot be an anti-Semite, says Pope Francis
A Christian “cannot be an anti-Semite”, Pope Francis told a meeting of Jews at the Vatican on Monday. Addressing the World Congress of Mountain Jews, the Pope reportedly said while there are still anti-Semitic attitudes in society today, “a Christian cannot be an anti-Semite; we share the same roots”. “It would be a contradiction of faith […]
Budding Australian entrepreneurs invited to apply for innovative Christian mentoring program
Budding Australian Christian entrepreneurs looking for mentoring are invited to apply for a new incubator program being launched next year. The Seed program was first launched three years ago and has already helped a number of initiatives including Thread Harvest and Dinner On The Table. Its point of difference from other incubator programs is that […]
Electric car demand fuelling rise in child labour in DR Congo, say campaigners
Thomson Reuters Foundation Demand for electric vehicles is fuelling a rise in child labour in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts said this week, urging companies to take action as the industry expands. Cobalt is a key component in batteries for electric cars, phones and laptops, and Congo provides more than half […]
Australian nun describes Philippines President’s rule as a “reign of terror” after landing in Melbourne
Australian nun Sister Patricia Fox has described Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s rule as a “reign of terror” after arriving back in Australia. Sr Fox, who arrived back in Melbourne on Sunday, reportedly said human rights abuses were increasing in the Philippines and described the situation there as a “reign of terror” and as being one “of tyranny”. […]
Egypt says it’s killed 19 militants following Friday’s attack on Coptic Christians
The Egyptian Government said police have killed 19 Islamist militants accused of Friday’s attack on Coptic Christians in a shoot-out. In a statement, the Interior Ministry was reported as saying that police had pursued the “fugitive terrorist elements” into a desert area west of the Minya province and exchanged fire, killing 19. The news came […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE RACIALLY DIVERSE – AND HOLD DIVERSE VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION
In an article first published on The Conversation ahead of this week US midterm elections, JANELLE WONG, of the University of Maryland, explores what’s behind the growing diversity among views of US evangelicals on issues like immigration…