Essay: Why slain missionary John Allen Chau might be a martyr
JOHN G STACKHOUSE, Jr, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how American John Allen Chau – killed by North Sentinelese Indigenous people in the remote Andaman Islands – can be viewed as a martyr…
Essay: Lives of love – Pope Francis canonises Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE reflects on Pope Francis’ decision to declare Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero saints…
LAST LETTERS: FROM MOSUL SCHOOLBOYS TO ISLAMIC STATE ‘MARTYRS’
Drawing on documents found in eastern Mosul following its recapture by Iraqi forces, Reuters reporter STEPHEN KALIN, in an article published by Religion News Service, looks for some insight into the mindset of schoolboys prepared to die for the so-called Islamic State…