OPEN BOOK: PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY – TIMOTHY PUT ON THE SPOT
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his look at I Timothy…
Colombia acid attack survivor calls for greater action to help other victims
Thomson Reuters Foundation After 35 operations to reconstruct her face burnt in an acid attack four years ago, Colombian Natalia Ponce de Leon has overcome her anger and is determined to push for greater justice for rising numbers of women victims in her country and globally. The attack on Ponce by a stalker outside her […]
Abuse and “vilification” of migrants on the rise as borders close
Thomson Reuters Foundation Vilification of migrants as criminals, rather than people needing protection, by politicians and the media is making them more vulnerable to abuse, said a frontline humanitarian worker. Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, a humanitarian affairs adviser with Medecins Sans Frontieres who has rescued migrants from the Mediterranean Sea, instead called for the world’s most […]
European mayors urge wider political push to step up climate action
Thomson Reuters Foundation European cities are seeking greater recognition and support for their pioneering efforts to tackle climate change, both from national governments and the European Union, mayors leading the charge said on Wednesday. Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau urged all political parties with candidates standing for the European Parliament next May to outline how they […]
ORIGINS: STAN LEE AND MARVEL COMICS
With news this week that Stan Lee has died at the age of 95, we decided to take a look back at the origins of the comic book legend’s connections with Marvel, the comic book company with which has name has become synonymous…
Hundreds of refugees and Roma homeless in Italian eviction drive
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of migrants and Roma have been left homeless following two days of evictions in Italy, as its interior minister said on Wednesday that he was restoring order to the country. Volunteers running the Baobab camp in Rome said that police forcibly evicted about 150 refugees and undocumented migrants on Tuesday […]
“I want to bury him”: Lebanon hopes for closure with law to find war missing
Thomson Reuters Foundation After more than 40 years of agony, families of thousands of Lebanese who disappeared during its civil war said a landmark law to investigate their fate could bring “closure”. Lawmakers this week voted to set up a commission to find out what happened to those who went missing during the 1975-1990 war, […]
US: SEMINARIES PARTNER WITH PRISONS TO OFFER INMATES NEW LIVES AS MINISTERS
YONAT SHIMRON, writing for Religion News Service, reports on how US evangelical schools such as Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary offer inmates a free, on-site college degree if they promise they’ll minister to other inmates once they graduate…
Pakistan’s Christians wary as asylum offers flood in for Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a blasphemy charge carrying the capital punishment. However, local Christians are fearful of repercussions, as the West is perceived as Christian to most Pakistanis. There were violent protests when the Supreme Court […]
ESSAY: HOW TO TALK ABOUT RACISM IN THE CHURCH WITHOUT BECOMING BITTER
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JEMAR TISBY, president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, says Christ’s church provides a “beautiful bulwark against bitterness”…