Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries, Microsoft and watchdog say
Reuters An Israeli firm’s hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries – including people in North America and Europe – according to new research published Tuesday by Microsoft Corp and the internet watchdog Citizen Lab. Citizen Lab said in its report that it had been […]
Gentile scandal
The biggest scandal in the New Testament, after the fact that a crucified man is God – is that unclean gentiles are accepted into God’s family without first becoming Jews. PICTURE: Aaron Burden/Unsplash We’re so used to the idea we don’t see the scandal, even though it’s a central theme of Acts and Paul’s letters. […]
Cyclone Freddy: How churches are mobilising relief for African landslide, flood victims
TONNY ONYULO reports on how church leaders are acting to bring aid to those impacted by the devastating storm…
Pope wants light shed on 40-year-old mystery of missing Vatican girl
Vatican City Reuters One of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl 40 years ago, entered a new chapter on Tuesday when her brother met with a Vatican investigator whom Pope Francis has given free rein to get to the bottom of the case. Over the past four decades tombs have been […]
Essay: Why Christian women are key to ending the criminalisation of Black girls in schools
EMILY JONES, executive for racial justice at United Women in Faith in the US, says, historically, Christian women have been particularly vocal advocates in educational spaces…
Wow!: How US ‘fair chance’ laws help ex-convicts find homes
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how laws barring landlords from conducting criminal record checks aim to reduce homelessness and reoffending…
Centuries-old Catholic procession in Brazil sparks controversy with KKK comparison
São Paulo, Brazil A centuries-old Catholic procession organised on Holy Thursday in the Brazilian city of Goiás sparked controversy this year after some social media users compared it with a Ku Klux Klan parade. The attacks on the Procession of the Torches received an indignant response from participants, who emphasise that the event is much […]
Leaning on faith, Louisville mourns victims of mass shooting
Louisville, Kenticky, US AP They went to their churches on the evening after Easter – to cry, to light candles, to ask God why, on this holiday of rebirth, they must mourn so much death. Many in Louisville turned to their faith for impromptu services Monday night, hours after a gunman killed five of his co-workers at […]