OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: REMAINING TRUE IN LOVE
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his look at Ephesians, chapter four…
Netflix appeals after a Brazilian judge orders Netflix to stop showing gay Jesus movie
Netflix has appealed to Brazil’s Supreme Court after a judge ordered the streaming entertainment service Netflix to stop showing a controversial movie depicting Jesus as a gay man. In the ruling against Netflix made on Tuesday, the state court judge said: “The right to freedom of expression…is not absolute.” The statue of Christ the Redeemer […]
Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles – Canada’s Trudeau, citing intelligence
Reuters A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Thursday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources. Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa that the destruction of the airliner “may well have been unintentional”. Emergency […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘1917’ AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE HORRORS OF “THE GREAT WAR”
DAVID ADAMS watches Golden Globe winner ‘1917’…
Niger urged to work with traffickers to curb violence
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Niger is better off compromising with traffickers who smuggle goods and people across the desert than risking violence trying to stop them, according to researchers and regional authorities. The West African country is a crossroads in the Sahara where people illegally transport drugs, gold and people along ancient trade routes, often […]
Boko Haram kidnaps Christian leader in north-east Nigeria
Morning Star News A leader of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) pleaded for help on a video released last Sunday after Islamic extremists with Boko Haram kidnapped him last week. Rev Lawan Andimi was abducted by terrorists of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP, known as Boko Haram before affiliating with […]
Child deaths in Cambodia spark call for construction freeze
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation After six children died when a building site collapsed, the Cambodian workers’ union on Wednesday called for a halt to a construction boom that has killed more than 60 people in seven months, while the government vowed to tackle child labour. The disaster, in which 36 workers and their families […]
Australia issues new evacuation alerts as monster bushfires regenerate
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Authorities issued new warnings and evacuation notices across south-east Australia on Thursday, as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities. A disaster level notice in large parts of Victoria state, already in place for the past week, was extended by 48 hours and people in danger zones […]
Politics may stop Catholics in south India from building Asia’s tallest Jesus statue
Banglalore, IndiaReligion Unplugged Standing almost 35 metres high, Asia’s tallest stone statue of Jesus would look out from a four hectare plot in the Catholic-majority Harobele village on the outskirts of the global technology hub Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. After a large, undisclosed donation to the Catholic Church’s $US1.5 […]
PHOTO ESSAY: ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE JESUS’ BAPTISM WITH HOLY WATER AND A RACE
Photojournalist ALEXANDRA RADU, in an article first published by Religion Unplugged, attended Epiphany Day celebrations in eastern Romania earlier this month…