Australian rugby player Israel Folau starts crowd-funding campaign to fight sacking
Sacked Australian rugby player Israel Folau has launched a $A3 million crowd-funding campaign to help fund legal action against Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs as he fights his termination in court. Folau, a Christian, was sacked last month after being found of a “high level” breach of Rugby Australia’s code of conduct. […]
SNAPSHOT: CHAMONIX, FRANCE
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Tokyo 2020 refugee team to be bigger than in Rio – IOC’s Bach
Lausanne, Switzerland Reuters The Tokyo 2020 Olympics refugee team will be bigger than the inaugural 10-member squad in Rio de Janeiro four years ago, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The IOC unveiled a list of 37 refugees who are currently receiving Olympic scholarships and who will attempt to make the final cut for […]
UN, European bodies outline joint push against space junk
Vienna, Austria Reuters European and UN bodies on Thursday outlined a joint push for global action on space junk, saying that debris orbiting the earth must be cleaned up as satellites launched by private companies and other new entrants are adding to the crowding. So-called space debris has been an issue since the Cold War-era […]
US archbishop revokes school’s Catholic designation over refusal to fire gay teacher
RNS The Archbishop of Indianapolis has revoked the Catholic designation of a Jesuit high school in the city after administrators refused to fire a teacher who is married to a same-sex partner. According to a statement released by the archdiocese on Thursday, Archbishop Charles C Thompson has sent a canonical decree to Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory […]
After loss at sea, Venezuelan archbishop calls for trafficking probe
Mexico City, Mexico Thomson Reuters Foundation A top Vatican official in Venezuela has called on authorities to investigate a rise in human trafficking after an apparent smuggling operation gone wrong left more than a dozen people missing. Archbishop Roberto Luckert in an open letter published on Facebook on Tuesday said the sinking of a boat […]
CULTURAL HERITAGE: “EVERYTHING IS STOLEN FROM US” – TUNISIANS FIGHT TO PRESERVE THEIR PAST
LAYLI FOROUDI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the north African nation…
Global Christian organisations join other faith groups in calling for solidarity with refugees as figures show 70 million people now displaced
Global Christian bodies and NGOs are among 25 faith groups which have signed a statement calling for solidarity with refugees and underlining their commitment to address xenophobia. Issued on World Refugee Day on Thursday, the statement – the signatories of which included the World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance, Anglican Communion and NGOs like […]
Essay: Why Christians must support religious freedom for everyone
TONY PERKINS, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and president of the Family Research Council, says religious freedom is under attack around the world “like never before”…
Open Book: Paul’s Galatian letter – Inheriting the promise
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the opening verses of Galatians chapter four…