Prince Harry to visit Diana’s Angola landmine project
LondonReuters Britain’s Prince Harry will make a poignant visit to Angola this month to visit the landmine clearance project that featured in some of the most famous photographs of his late mother Princess Diana. The pictures of Diana wearing protective gear as she walked among red skull-and-crossbone signs in 1997 won vital publicity for the […]
Is televangelist Benny Hinn renouncing the ‘prosperity gospel’?
RNS Prominent televangelist Benny Hinn has captured headlines over the past week for seemingly renouncing the prosperity gospel on which he built his ministry. “I’m sorry to say that prosperity has gone a little crazy, and I’m correcting my own theology,” Hinn said in a recent “Your LoveWorld” broadcast shared on 2nd September on the […]
Christians among thousands who stood silent protest over plans to liberalise abortion laws in Northern Ireland
Christians were among thousands of protestors who stood in a silent vigil in opposition to plans to liberalise abortion in Northern Ireland on Friday night. Organisers put the crowd at 20,000 and said the scale of the turnout reflected the strength of opinion over the issue. Those gathered stood in silence for six minutes in […]
BAPTISM: SOUTHERN BAPTISTS PUT HOPES IN ‘BAPTISM SUNDAY’ AMID PLUMMETING BAPTISM NUMBERS
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on a new Southern Baptist initiative to encourage more people to be immersed in the waters of baptism…
Caribbean Development Bank plans to help tackle trauma of Bahamas storm
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The Caribbean Development Bank plans to throw its weight behind mental health support for those hit by devastating Hurricane Dorian, besides offering more traditional financial assistance. The Barbados-based bank, which helps Caribbean nations finance social and economic programmes, said this week it would provide almost $US1 million in relief funds to the […]
Pope Francis calls for peace in Mozambique ahead of contested presidential elections
Vatican CityRNS Drumming, dancing and singing erupted from the Zimpeto Stadium in the peripheries of Maputo, in the embattled African country of Mozambique, on Friday when Pope Francis reminded the more than 40,000 people present that “you have a right to peace!” Mozambique is the first stop of the Pope’s three-country trip to Africa over […]