“Staggering” number of Christians arrested in Iran – 114 in a week
World Watch Monitor More than 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the government’s attempt to “warn” Christians against proselytising over Christmas, according to the advocacy director of religious freedom charity Article 18. Mansour Borji called the number of arrests – […]
Rich and poor struggle to shoulder losses from devastating storms
Thomson Reuters Foundation The devastation caused by powerful storms is a growing threat to both poor and rich nations, propelling Caribbean islands to the top of a global index of countries most severely affected by weather disasters last year, researchers said on Tuesday. The US territory of Puerto Rico was ranked as the hardest-hit and […]
Yemen’s “descent into hell” in numbers
Thomson Reuters Foundation Peace talks between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and Houthi backed rebels in Sweden this week offer a critical opportunity end civilian deaths, aid groups said on Wednesday. Nearly four years of civil war have spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, killed tens of thousands of people and left more than 8 million facing famine. […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘NEW LIFE’ A SIMPLE TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘New Life’…
George HW Bush’s “quiet faith” remembered at cathedral funeral
RNS Former US President George HW Bush was recalled as a man of “quiet faith” during a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, a fitting site to memorialise the longtime Episcopalian. “With faith in Jesus Christ, we receive the body of our brother George for burial,” intoned Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the […]
SLAVES TO STUDENTS: BRITISH COLLEGE MARKS NEW START FOR SURVIVORS
KIERAN GUILBERT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the UK on how one college is helping slavery survivors…
ESSAY: THE QUIET, STEELY FAITH OF GEORGE HW BUSH
Author STEPHEN MANSFIELD, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on the faith of former US President George HW Bush…