ESSAY: WHAT LESSONS CAN THE CLERGY SEX ABUSE CRISIS DRAW FROM A 4TH CENTURY CHURCH SCHISM?
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAVAN W CONCANNON, associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California, looks at lessons for the church today from a 4th century rupture…
Two Christian cemeteries vandalised in Algeria
World Watch Monitor Two Christian cemeteries have been vandalised in Algeria in recent weeks, reports national news site Algerie Monde Infos. More than 30 graves were desecrated at the La Reunion War Cemetery in Oued Ghir, a town near the northern city of Bejaia, on 6th September by a group of young people, a source told […]
“Finally my father is home” – Slimane Bouhafs released after 18 months in Algerian jail
World Watch Monitor The daughter of Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian who has spent the last 18 months in prison for insulting Islam and its prophet, has announced her father’s release. “Finally my father…has been allowed back to us,” his daughter, Tilelli, wrote on her Facebook page on Easter Saturday. “Thank you for your support.” […]