This Life: Why we need a spiritual check-up
US columnist CAROL ROUND says a new year is a good time to search our hearts and lives and see if they align with God’s plans…
Happy New Year 2024!
Praying all our readers would know the hope and peace of Jesus Christ as we enter a new year…
Myanmar’s junta pardons over 3,000 prisoners for New Year – statement
Reuters Myanmar’s junta released 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country’s traditional New Year on Monday, according to a statement from the military government published on pro-military Telegram channels. The military-led government has jailed thousands of opponents and pro-democracy activists since it seized power in 2021 and brutally put down protests, drawing global […]
Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death of his predecessor, Benedict. Francis presided at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica as the body of Benedict, who died on Saturday at the […]
Defiant Ukrainians cheer New Year as drones blasted from skies
Kyiv/Donetsk Province front line, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainians cheered from their balconies while their air defences blasted Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the first hours of 2023, as Moscow saw in the new year by attacking civilian targets across Ukraine. Ukrainian forces shot down 45 Iranian-made Sahed drones fired by Russia on […]
Sight-Seeing: Stay alive in the meantime – notes at the top of 2022
DANTÉ STEWART, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on his mixed feelings at the start of a new year…
Pope on new year: Pandemic is hard, but focus on the good
Vatican CityAP In his New Year’s wishes to the world, Pope Francis encouraged people Saturday to focus on the good which unites them and decried violence against women while acknowledging that the coronavirus pandemic has left many scared and struggling amid economic inequality. “We are still living in uncertain and difficult times due to the […]
Updated: Omicron dampens global New Year celebrations, fewer watch ball drop in Times Square
Updated: 5.30pm (AEDT)Reuters The Omicron coronavirus variant dampened New Year festivities around much of the world, with Paris cancelling its fireworks show, London relegating its to television, and New York City scaling down its famous ball drop celebration in Times Square. The illuminated ball made of Waterford crystal panels slid down its poll at the […]
Happy New Year!
As a new year dawns, we at Sight hope you have a great start to 2022 and look forward to journeying with you through the coming months…
For New Year’s resolutions, better health ranks higher than God, family or money
RNS When making a New Year’s resolution, Americans take a bit of advice from the beloved 1987 film The Princess Bride: “If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.” Just under half of Americans (44 per cent) said they have made resolutions in the past to address their health, according to a new survey from Lifeway […]