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South Korean Christian arrested in Nepal on charges of attempting to convert, says report
A Christian from South Korea arrested in Nepal on charges of “attempting to convert” was released on bail on Wednesday, Morning Star News has reported. Cho Yusang, a 73-year-old evangelical Christian, posted bail of 150,000 Nepalese rupees ($US1,330) after being arrested on 23rd July, according to Morning Star News which quoted Tanka Subedi, chair of […]
Cross in seal of US county ‘plainly constitutional,’ rules appeals court
RNS A federal appeals court in the US has ruled in favor of a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, seal that contains a cross, citing a recent Supreme Court decision. The unanimous ruling by the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, issued Thursday, overturns a lower court decision that found the seal violated the establishment clause of […]
Too many modern slaves left in limbo, warns new UK anti-slavery chief
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain must improve its handling of thousands of suspected modern slaves whose lives are “on hold” as they wait to learn if they will be recognised as victims and granted extra support, the country’s new independent anti-slavery commissioner said. A record 7,000 possible slavery victims were identified last year – up a […]
Chaldean Christian deported by Trump administration dies in Iraq
RNS A Chaldean Christian immigrant who was deported from Michigan to Iraq has reportedly died because he was unable to obtain insulin to treat his diabetes, drawing fire from critics of the Trump administration who charge that the death is a result of disregard for the well-being of deportees. According to the American Civil Liberties […]
VENEZUELAN MIGRATION CRISIS: IS SOUTH AMERICA CLOSING ITS ‘OPEN DOOR’?
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how nations are imposing new entry restrictions in the midst of South America’s largest migration crisis…
UN flags need to cut meat to curb land use impact on global warming
London/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Global meat consumption must fall to curb global warming, reduce growing strains on land and water and improve food security, health and biodiversity, a United Nations report on the effects of climate change concluded. Although the report stopped short of explicitly advocating going meat free, it called for big changes to farming and […]
ESSAY: ANTI-CHRISTIAN ATTACKS IN NIGERIA THREATEN PRECARIOUS BALANCE OF FAITHS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, ANTHEA BUTLER, associate professor of religion and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, says the situation facing Nigeria – where attacks against Christians are continuing – will be a “grave test” for the nation…
Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop expresses “deep sadness” at passing of abortion bill through New South Wales’ lower house
Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher has expressed his “deep sadness” at the passing of a bill decriminalising abortion through the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament on Thursday night. The Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 – which would allow access for an abortion in the first 22 weeks of pregancy with a provision […]
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN TO ALL YOU MEET
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at how the opening verses of Galatians chapter six are linked to those in chapter five…