SIGHT-SEEING: CONSIDER THE BIRDS
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, celebrates the ‘Year of the Bird’…
Australian Christian Lobby concerned over “culture of death” in Queensland as assisted suicide inquiry announced
The Australian Christian Lobby have expressed concern over what they describe as a “culture of death” in Queensland after the State Government announced a parliamentary inquiry to consider assisted suicide legislation. The announcement, which came on Wednesday, has already sparked a strong response from a range of groups opposed to euthanasia. It comes in the wake […]
More than 2,000 unregistered churches forced to close in Angola
World Watch Monitor More than 2,000 churches have been closed and over 1,000 more face closure after Angola’s cabinet approved a new law requiring them to register with the government, including presenting at least 100,000 signatures of followers, as reported by Nairobi-based news site The East African. A local pastor told World Watch Monitor that it was […]
Facebook auction of South Sudan child bride could inspire other families – activists
Thomson Reuters Foundation The auction of a South Sudanese girl for marriage on Facebook could spur other families to use social media to demand bigger dowries for their daughters, activists said, urging authorities and the social networking giant to take much tougher action. A picture of the 17-year-old, who is from South Sudan’s Eastern Lakes […]
STRANGESIGHTS: STILL WATCHING BLACK AND WHITE TV?; UK REF’S ‘ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS’ MOMENT; AND, POLICE JUMP ON HOVERBIKES…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Families of freed Cameroonian kidnap victims feared Chibok repeat
Thomson Reuters Foundation The families of 80 pupils kidnapped from a school in western Cameroon before being released days later said they feared their children would face a similar fate to Nigeria’s Chibok girls. Kidnappers freed on Monday the last of 80-odd children taken hostage last week in a raid on a school in the […]
Indian Christian forum demands withdrawal of ‘bogus’ charges of forced conversions
World Watch Monitor The Christian Forum of Chhattisgarh state in India called on its political parties to commit to ensuring freedom of religion, as elections for the state’s legislative house took place on Monday, Catholic news agency UCAN reported. Meanwhile, several attacks on Christians were reported in the first week of this month, across a number […]
OCEAN CONSERVATION: COLOMBIA’S ISLAND FISHERMEN DIVE INTO BATTLE TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as climate change and growing tourism hurt coral, Colombian efforts to “garden” new coral – and save incomes – are paying off…
Vicious cycle as exploited refugee boys in Greece turn to abuse
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Vulnerable refugee boys in Greece are having to sell sex to survive and some are using the proceeds to buy sex from women, a charity said last week, revealing a “shocking” cycle of abuse. Faros supports unaccompanied refugee boys in Athens, capital of Greece, where thousands of unaccompanied children are living as […]
ESSAY: IS SCHISM POSSIBLE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at whether a split is possible within the Catholic Church…