Sight editor DAVID ADAMS selects 12 key stories that helped shape Sight’s 2019…
12 stories that helped shape Sight’s 2019…
DEATH TOLL RISES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA IN WAKE OF CYCLONE IDAI
DAVID ADAMS reports…
ESSAY: RWANDA’S GENOCIDE AT 25 – “EACH SOUL DECIDES TO SERVE LIFE OR DEATH”
In an excerpt first published by Religion News Service, DENISE UWIMANA, author of the new book From Red Earth: A Rwandan Story of Healing and Forgiveness, recalls what happened when death came to her town and its aftermath…
NOTRE DAME FIRE: CATHEDRAL A PLACE OF WORSHIP, HISTORY, ART
Following Monday’s fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, answers some key questions about the iconic building…
VENEZUELAN REFUGEES: AS CRISIS BUILDS, CHURCH STRUGGLES TO CARRY OUT POPE’S CALL
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports on how the ongoing crisis in Venezuela is affecting neighbouring nations and overwhelming Catholic Church efforts to help…
THE BIG DRY: HOW AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS ARE REACHING OUT IN A “MINISTRY OF TEARS”
A crippling drought, described as the “worst in living memory”, continues to affect large swathes of Australia. CHRISTOPHER GILBERT takes a look at how Christian workers are involved in bringing relief to farmers in the states of New South Wales and Queensland…
BOMBS KILL MORE THAN 200 IN SRI LANKAN CHURCHES, HOTELS ON EASTER SUNDAY
RANGA SIRILAL and SHIHAR ANEEZ, of Reuters, report…
RELIGION IN SPACE: FROM APOLLO 8 TO SPACE IL – HOW SPACE TRAVELLERS HAVE TAKEN THEIR FAITH BEYOND THE EARTH
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, writing for Religion News Service, look at how Earth’s space explorers have expressed their faith in space…
ESSAY: UNDERSTANDING THE ‘GRETA EFFECT’
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, looks at the impact of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her position at the forefront of what he calls ‘Generation Edge’…
ESSAY: HONG KONG PROTESTS AND THE CHINESE FIGHT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, BOB FU, president of China Aid, together with BYRNNE LAWRENCE look at recent events in Hong Kong and the history of human rights abuses in China…
PAPAL VISIT: IN JAPAN, POPE CONDEMNS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS IMMORAL; EARLIER, ADDRESSES SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ reports from the papal tour of Japan…
“BREXIT CLOSURE”: JOHNSON WINS COMMANDING VICTORY IN UK ELECTION
Reuters’ SARAH YOUNG and ANDY BRUCE, of Reuters, report…
IMPEACHMENT DEBATE SUGGESTS SHIFTING RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL WINDS
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, takes a look at the religious overtones surrounding the impeachment of US President Donald Trump…
This story has been updated.
