Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson apologises to women ‘wounded’ by remarks
RNS Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson, embroiled in controversy over past remarks about domestic violence and his descriptions of women, has issued an apology. “I wish to apologise to every woman who has been wounded by anything I have said that was inappropriate or that lacked clarity,” said Rev Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist […]
ESSAY: FIVE YEARS OF FRANCIS AND HIS GRITTY CATHOLICISM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JOHN GEHRING, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life and author of ‘The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope’s Challenge to the American Catholic Church’, reflects on Pope Francis’ five first years in the office…
Malaysian Federal Court refuses four people their right to affirm Christian identity
World Watch Monitor Malaysia’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against four appellants who wanted to be formally recognised as Christians. The five judges of the Malaysian Federal Court ruled that in matters of conversion away from Islam, it was necessary for them to consult the Islamic Sharia courts. The president of the court, […]
POSTCARDS: TO ESCAPE ABUSIVE MARRIAGES, MANY CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN CONVERT TO ISLAM
NAILA INAYET, of Religion News Service, reports from Pakistan…