Aid workers say Ethiopia air strike in north-west Tigray killed 56 people
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters An air strike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region killed 56 people and injured 30, including children, in a camp for displaced people, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authorities and eyewitness accounts. Military spokesman Colonel Getnet Adane and government spokesman Legesse Tulu did not immediately respond to requests for comment. […]
India restores foreign fund permit for Mother Teresa charity
New Delhi, IndiaAP India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under local laws, a lawmaker said Saturday. Derek O’Brien, a lawmaker from the opposition Trinamool Congress party, tweeted that Missionaries of Charity was back on the list of approved […]
Fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands camp along Thai border river
Thai-Myanmar border Reuters Thousands of Myanmar villagers are living under makeshift tents alongside a river that borders Thailand, fearful of returning to homes which they said had been bombarded by military air strikes but reluctant to seek refuge across the frontier. Heavy fighting between the Myanmar military, which seized power in a coup last year, […]
Was Mary Magdalene really from Magdala? Two scholars examine the evidence
RNS The findings were heralded with bold headlines. Archaeologists excavating near the Israeli town of Migdal, also known as Magdala, had found remnants of a first-century synagogue. “2nd-Temple-period synagogue found where Gospel’s Mary Magdalene was born,” The Jerusalem Post’s 12th December headline declared. Newsweek, Express UK and the Smithsonian magazine followed up with similar headlines. The […]
Armed bandits kill at least 30 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters Armed bandits have killed at least 30 people in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, raiding several villages in a region that has been in a security crisis for more than two years, residents and security sources said on Friday. There have been a series of attacks in north-west Nigeria, which has seen a sharp rise […]
New life: For dying congregations, a ‘replant’ can offer new life
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on efforts to ‘replant’ churches by applying the lessons from start-up congregations…
Maranatha Chapel to honour pastor Ray Bentley, who died from COVID-19 complications
RNS Maranatha Chapel in San Diego is holding special services this weekend to honour senior pastor Ray Bentley, who died from complications of COVID-19, the church announced early this week. “We are all in shock and heartbroken. We find comfort in knowing that he is rejoicing in heaven with his beloved Jesus. Certainly, he was […]