OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY: WORSHIPFUL MYSTERY
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his series on I Timothy, explains why his earlier teaching on office-bearing is so important…
SNAPSHOT: MANJA, MADAGASCAR
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Children hurt as another displaced persons camp attacked in CAR
World Watch Monitor A church-run camp for displaced people in south-eastern Central African Republic was attacked on Tuesday, less than three weeks after 60 people, including two priests, were killed in an attack on another camp. Tuesday’s attack took place in the town of Ippy, which is 200 kilometres north of the camp in Alindao targeted […]
Canadians, led by millennials, show broad tolerance for religion in public life
RNS Canada may appear very secular compared with its southern neighbor, but a new poll suggests there is more openness to religion than appears on the surface, especially among younger Canadians. The survey, called Faith in the Public Square, by the Angus Reid Institute found that 59 per cent of Canadians say the free expression of religion […]
CHILD LABOUR: WITH NEW DATA, INDIA LOOKS TO FIGHT EXPLOITATION IN MICA MINES
ROLI SRIVASTAVA reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation…
Former Australian Catholic archbishop has conviction for failing to report abuse overturned
The former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, has had his conviction for failing to report child sexual abuse allegations overturned. The 68-year-old former archbishop became the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted of such an offence in May this year. He was sentenced to 12 months detention in July which he […]
ESSAY: IT’S TIME FOR A GRAND COMPROMISE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND CONTRACEPTIVES
Writing from the US, Catholic commentor THOMAS REESE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, says its time for the proponents of religious liberty to offer to “negotiate a grand compromise with those who promote women’s rights” over the issue of contraception…