Fire guts Paris’ Notre Dame, but structure saved from destruction
Updated: 10:20amParisReuters A massive fire consumed Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting and destroying the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, but firefighters said they had saved the shell of the stone structure from collapse. Flames that began in the early evening burst rapidly through the roof of the centuries-old […]
Australian rugby player Israel Folau set to have contract terminated after controversial posts
Reuters Rugby Australia is set to terminate Israel Folau’s contract after it issued the country’s best-known and best-paid player a code of conduct breach notice on Monday over a social media post saying gay people would go to “hell” if they did not “repent”. RA had previously said it would terminate the contract of the […]
Less than half of British Christians agree Jesus died on the cross to forgive their sins
Less than half of adults in the UK who identify as Christians agree that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected at Easter so they could be forgiven for their sins, according to a new poll. The ComRes poll, which was carried out for BBC Local radio, showed that while 46 per cent of […]
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT EASTER’
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s poster for April…
Ease poor people’s access to loans to prevent slavery, say experts
Melbourne, AustraliaThomson Reuters Foundation Improving poor people’s access to loans would make them less vulnerable to trafficking and slavery, a global expert said on Friday, as a new international commission met in Sydney. The commission was set up last year to enlist the international financial sector in the fight to end modern slavery, one of […]
Singapore makes room for allotment gardens as urban farming takes root
SingaporeThomson Reuters Foundation Rain or shine, every day for the past year, Kanti Kagrana walks a short distance from his son’s flat to Singapore’s HortPark, a national park where he grows chillies, eggplant and spinach in his allotment garden. Kagrana, a 60-something native of India, is among a growing community of urban farmers in Singapore, […]
“ONE WITH THEM”: OPEN DOORS ASKS AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS TO DONATE A DAY’S WAGE TO SUPPORT PERSECUTED CHURCH
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Mike Gore, CEO of Open Doors Australia and New Zealand, about the organisation’s latest campaign…
World Council of Churches condemns killing of farmers in Philippines
The World Council of Churches has condemned the killings of 14 farmers in The Philippines earlier this month and renewed calls for the country’s government to end the “culture of impunity”. The farmers were killed by police in three separate incidents on Negros Island in the country’s central region on 30th March in Canlaon City […]
ESSAY: PASSING ON THE LIGHT
NELL POTTER, executive officer of the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network in Australia, issues an invitation for people to listen to the voices of Palestinian Christians – the “living stones” – this Easter…
THIS LIFE: SURRENDER AND PERSPECTIVE KEYS TO BUILDING A STRONG MARRIAGE
ELISABETH CARTER shares what she’s learned about how to build a strong marriage…