Essay: God’s power or human violence – the meaning of the virgin birth
ESAU MCCAULLEY, author and associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in the US, writes, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that the Christmas story challenges the idea that we need physical might to overcome enemies…
Pope decries genital mutilation, sex trafficking of women; praises Moroccan efforts to rescue boy trapped in well
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis condemned female genital mutilation and trafficking of women for prostitution on Sunday, calling them humiliating affronts to women’s dignity and urging officials to do everything possible to end both. “This practice, which is unfortunately common in various parts of the world, humiliates the dignity of a woman and gravely attacks […]