THIS LIFE: CHOOSE TO BE THANKFUL
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at how the Bible tells us being thankful leads to peace…
Time to break taboos associated with toilets and talk and pray about an issue affecting billions, says head of churches’ water body
It’s “high time” to break taboos associated with talking about sanitation and toilets and draw attention to the fact that two-thirds of the world’s population – 4.5 billion people – do not have access to a safely managed sanitation system while almost a billion practice open defecation. That’s according to Dinesh Suna, coordinator of Ecumenical Water […]
Young Ethiopian Christians “bribed” to convert to Islam, says charity
World Watch Monitor Young Ethiopian Christians are bribed with jobs and education prospects if they convert to Islam, according to the UK-based charity Aid to the Church in Need. A Christian religious leader who wished to remain anonymous told ACN that Christians who are poor were especially targeted. Most Christians in Ethiopia belong to the Ethiopian […]
6th century mosaic of St Mark returned to Cyprus
A 6th century Byzantine mosaic depicting an image of St Mark, taken from a church in Cyprus more than 40 years ago, has been returned. Valued at between €5 and €10 million, the mosaic was reportedly found by a Dutch art investigator, Arthur Brand, following a two year hunt. Brand, dubbed the “Indiana Jones of […]
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: for KING & COUNTRY’s first Australian tour
FOR KING & COUNTRY Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
Drones, data and digital tools lauded as new ways to fight human rights abuses
Thomson Reuters Foundation From “citizen science” identifying slavery to drones mapping degraded land, technology and data can help create a “search bar for the planet” and detect and fight all manner of human rights abuses, experts told a conference last week. Geospatial data and satellite images give analysts and authorities news ways to tackle issues […]
Church forced to close in Nepal, say reports
A church in Nepal has been forced to shut down after a campaign of harrasment by high caste Hindus, sources have told Morning Star News. The US-based organisation reports that high caste Brahmins have disrupted worship at the Pakhluwa Eternal Life Church in Palpa in the country’s west and accused pastor Tufani Bhar of converting villagers, the […]
MONEY: HOW CHURCHES IN THE US ARE USING POLITICAL PRESSURE, SMALL DOLLAR LOANS TO FIGHT PREDATORY PAYDAY LENDING
MARK A KELLNER, of Religion News Service, reports on how US churches are calling for limits on short-term, payday lending schemes and are, in some cases, offering alternatives…
Indian Nobel laureate wants global treaty to tackle online child abuse
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi called on Friday for a United Nations convention on online child sex abuse and trafficking, saying an international law is the only way to end the global scourge. The Indian campaigner against child trafficking said he was gathering support from fellow laureates and religious leaders including Pope […]
ESSAY: WHY AMERICAN DOCTORS NEED TO HOLD THE LINE ON PHYSICAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
US academic and author CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published by Religion News Service, argues that medical professionals have an obligation to remain opposed to physician-assisted suicide…