German federal court rejects bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
Berlin, GermanyAP A German federal court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man’s bid to have a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue removed from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The Federal Court of Justice upheld rulings by lower courts on the “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg – one of more […]
Ukraine struggles to evacuate civilians from devastated eastern city
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine said its forces were still trying to evacuate civilians from embattled Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the city, Moscow’s main target in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces were holding out against the Russians after ground changed hands several times over the past few […]
Updated: UK migrant flight to Rwanda grounded as European Court steps in
Updated: 10.45amLondon, UKReuters Britain’s first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda did not take off as scheduled on Tuesday after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation of the handful of migrants on board. The British government’s plan to send some migrants to the East African country has been […]
Updated: Pope raps Russian “cruelty” in Ukraine, says invasion violates nation’s rights
Updated: 8.30am, 15th June, 2022Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious and that the invasion violated a country’s right to self-determination. In the text of a conversation he had last month with editors of Jesuit […]
Ukraine’s besieged farmers fear war-time harvest “hell”
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters As 10-metre high mounds of sunflower meal smoulder among the blackened ruins of one of Ukraine’s top agricultural terminals, farmers in this front-line region are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire. They see Russia’s shelling of the Nika-Tera port facility in the southern city of Mykolaiv on 4th June as […]
In the US, Southern Baptists who backed open abuse review win key roles
Anaheim, California, USAP The newly elected leaders of a top Southern Baptist Convention committee had all supported a more transparent investigation into allegations the denomination mishandled sex abuse reports and mistreated survivors. They defeated candidates who had opposed that move. Members of the Executive Committee picked Texas pastor Jared Wellman as chair, South Carolina pastor […]
Canadian megachurch discloses 38 reports of sexual misconduct by four pastors
United StatesRNS One week after members of the Canadian megachurch The Meeting House saw their former pastor arrested and charged with sexual assault, their leadership revealed that not one but four of its former pastors have now been credibly accused – and two convicted – of sexual abuse. At a church town hall-style meeting last week, The […]
Cuba sanctions 381 protesters, including jail for 297
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba said on Monday it has sanctioned 381 people, including 16 young people between the ages of 16 and 18, who participated in last summer’s protests, the Communist-run island’s largest since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution. Widespread protests across 11th and 12th July, 2021, saw thousands of Cubans took to the streets in towns […]
UK court allows first migrant deportation flight to Rwanda
London, UKReuters Judges in London have thrown out last-ditch bids by human rights groups and campaigners to stop Britain sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, a plan the United Nations’ refugee chief described as “catastrophic”. As part of an £120-million deal with Rwanda, Britain will send some migrants who arrived […]
Break or bind?
When a group faces a crisis, it either binds together or breaks apart. PICTURE: Andrew Moca/Unsplash Binding together is a much more successful strategy in facing and overcoming an enemy. Breaking apart results in us becoming alone, vulnerable and makes us easy pickings for any malevolent force. Think about lions stalking and attacking a herd […]