Catholic bishops appeal to striking Kenyan doctors
Agenzia Fides Catholic bishops in Kenya have for a second time appealed to the striking doctors in the country to resume essential medical duties especially regarding patients in danger of life and those who need urgent care. The medical staff working in public health facilities been on strike since 5th December. The protest is causing […]
IRAQ: “[ISLAMIC STATE] MADE ME SPIT ON A CROSS AND CONVERT TO ISLAM”
A correspondent for World Watch Monitor reports from Iraq…
Sudan deports South Sudanese pastor for evangelistic activities, sources say
Morning Star News Sudanese authorities ordered a South Sudanese pastor to leave the country last month for evangelizing and church activities, sources have told Morning Star News. Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on 6th December ordered pastor Koat Akot of the Sudan Pentecostal Church to leave within 72 hours after an official told […]
ON THE SCREEN: LION’S SENSITIVE, HAUNTING AND INSPIRATIONAL PORTRAYAL OF ONE BOY’S EMOTIONAL JOURNEY TO RECAPTURE HIS PAST
DAVID ADAMS finds Lion a must see emotional rollercoaster highlighting the plight of some of the world’s most vulnerable…
Sanctuary congregations have doubled since Trump election in the US, say faith leaders
RNS More than 800 congregations in the US have declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants, about double the total on Election Day. Leaders of the sanctuary movement say the pace of churches and other houses of worship declaring themselves sanctuaries has quickened in the days leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday. Mr Trump has […]
Chaldean archbishop urges Iraqi Catholics to stay and help rebuild
RNS Iraqi Christians who are considering leaving the country should stay put and play a role in rebuilding their war-shattered homeland, a senior prelate said in Paris. “For me, staying and resisting as a Christian minority is the right way,” Chaldean Archbishop Yousif Mirkis of Kirkuk told reporters during a visit to France to raise […]