Nun in South Sudan honoured for protecting education for girls
RNS There is a mission school in the heart of South Sudan where girls’ voices and giggles are replacing the frequent cracking of Kalashnikov rifles. Amid the long-running conflict in Africa’s newest nation, the Loreto Secondary School is thriving in Rumbek, the capital of Western Lake, a state in the centre of the country, under […]
New eight part series on Jesus to air in US in lead-up to Easter
The story of Jesus Christ is being explored in an eight episode series airing on the US TV channel HISTORY in the lead-up to Easter. Jesus: His Life is told from the perspective of different Biblical figures, including his parents Mary and Joseph, John the Baptist, the High Priest Caiaphas, Jesus’ betrayer Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, […]
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Airlines lack clear flight path to lower carbon emissions: researchers
Thomson Reuters Foundation Some of the world’s largest airlines have yet to set long-term targets to reduce their climate-changing emissions, climate and economic researchers warned this week. Top publicly listed airlines have cut their “emissions intensity” – how much pollution they produce for the same amount of activity – significantly in recent years, said researchers […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: The story behind Bel Thomson’s new single, and Lauren Daigle hits commercial radio in Australia
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More than eight million Ethiopians need food aid due to violence, drought – government
Reuters More than eight million people need food aid in Ethiopia, a five per cent rise from last year, due to a surge in violence that has triggered mass displacement as well as the lingering effects of past droughts, officials said on Thursday. The crisis has prompted an Ethiopian government appeal for $US1.3 billion to provide emergency […]
ESSAY: ANTI-SEMITISM VERSUS LEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
Writing from the US, Rev MAE ELISE CANNON, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace, looks at what constitutes anti-Semitism – and what does not…
EUROPE: ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE RISE IN FRANCE
JAX JACOBSEN, of Religion News Service, reports on a disturbing trend…
In the US, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preaches on selflessness at Baptist church
Alexandria, Virginia, USRNS Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry spent the evening of Ash Wednesday at a Baptist church, preaching a Lenten message focused on love and selflessness. “When love breaks out, we all get set free,” he said to an applauding crowd gathered at Harvest Assembly Baptist Church. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry […]
Iconic Australian preacher John Smith dies at age 76
Last updated: 9th March Iconic Australian preacher and evangelist John Smith has died at the age of 76 following a long battle with cancer. John Smith in an undated photo. Rev Dr Smith, the founder of Christian motorcycle club God Squad as well as Christian mission and welfare organisation Concern Australia, was known as a […]