Essay: ‘Double suffering’ when women targeted not only for gender but also for religion

OLIVIA JACKSON, in an article first published by World Watch Monitor to mark International Women’s Day, says women in many parts of the world face double discrimination – both for their gender and their faith…
Pope Francis – “Persecutors don’t care about denominations”
World Watch Monitor Pope Francis has urged all Christians to pray for fellow believers who are persecuted for their faith, saying that “those who persecute them make no distinction between the religious communities to which they belong”. “How many people are being persecuted because of their faith, forced to abandon their homes, their places of […]
StrangeSights: A week in a rock; flower selfies; and, the world’s smallest mobile nightclub…

DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
INTERVIEW: CHRISTIAN SINGER STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN – “TRUST GOD” THROUGH TRAGEDY

Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman this week released a memoir in which he talks about his 30 year career, family life and the tragic death of his five-year-old adopted daughter, Maria. He speaks with ADELLE M BANKS of Religion News Service…
Mother of slain US journalist thanks Pope Francis for support

RNS Diane Foley, mother of deceased journalist James Foley, at the Foreign Press Club in Rome. PICTURE: RNS/Josephine McKenna The mother of American journalist James Foley, who was executed by the Islamic State group in Syria, has traveled to Rome to thank Pope Francis for the sympathy and support he gave her family after her […]