American Bible Society to shutter $US60 million Faith and Liberty Discovery Center
United States RNS A $US60 million museum that showcased the Bible’s role in American history will shut down less than three years after it opened. The American Bible Society announced on Wednesday that it will close the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia on 1st April. The 40,000-square-foot museum, which cost a reported $US60 […]
Essay: Full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. Part-time pastors can help
G JEFFREY MACDONALD says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that the happier, healthier future of ministry is in part-time clergy…
Lifestory: Patriarch Neophyte I of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church dead at 78
DAVID I KLEIN, of Religion News Service, reports that a soft-spoken theologian, Neophyte I was a critic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Two men accused of murdering three Egyptian Coptic monks appear in a South African court
Johannesburg, South Africa AP Two men accused of fatally stabbing three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church this week appeared in a South African court Thursday and will remain in custody until their next court appearance. Saeed Basanda, dressed in a blue T-shirt and with a white bandage wrapped around his left hand, has been […]
Pope acknowledges criticism, health issues but says in upcoming memoir he has no plans to retire
Vatican City AP Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.” Francis, 87, made the comments in an autobiography, Life: My Story Through History, which is being published on Tuesday, the […]
Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, criticises Netanyahu
Washington DC, US Reuters US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Thursday for new elections in Israel, harshly criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an obstacle to peace. Democrat Schumer, long a supporter of Israel and the highest-ranking US Jewish elected official, told the Senate that Netanyahu’s government “no longer fits the needs of […]
Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya
Rome, Italy Reuters As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned on a vessel carrying migrants across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or Malta, the operators of a charity rescue group said on Thursday. SOS Mediterranee said it rescued 25 people in a “very weak” condition in coordination with the Italian Coast […]
Israeli strikes kill at least 29 Gazans awaiting aid, say Palestinian officials
Updated: 10:45am (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least 29 Palestinians were killed while awaiting aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Gaza’s health ministry said. In the first incident, Palestinian health officials in the Hamas-ruled strip said eight people were killed in an airstrike on an aid distribution centre in […]
Putin asks voters, including in annexed Ukrainian areas, to determine Russia’s future
Moscow, Russia Reuters President Vladimir Putin appealed on Thursday to voters, including in annexed parts of Ukraine, to be united in determining Russia’s future by casting ballots in this week’s presidential election which he is all but certain to win. “It is vital to underscore our cohesion and resolve and move forward together. Every vote […]
Haiti’s top gang leader threatens politicians as fires break out in capital
Port-au-Prince Reuters A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a planned transition council, as fires broke out amid a fresh surge of violence in the capital. After unpopular Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced on Monday he would step down once the council […]