JUST COMMENT
27.01.12 From left to right: Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC general secretary; H.H. Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church; and H.B. Patriarch emeritus Michel Sabbah at the WCC consultation in …
The authentic feminism of Melinda Tankard Reist ABC Religion and Ethics – 25 Jan 2012 Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne Melinda Tankard Reist deserves to be supported instead of vilified. The intensely personal attacks against her will only serve the pornography and …
By: Sr Janet Fearns On a day in which Boko Haram bomb attacks left more than 150 people dead in Nigeria, Sister Janet Fearns from Missio, has sent us this report on how Franciscans and Muslims are working for peace …
Dissident Christian writer details torture by China police (via CathNews) After arriving safely with his wife and child in the US, Christian dissident writer Yu Jie held a press conference and gave full details of his brutal mishandling and harassment …
Christians pledge to surround UK protesters in ‘ring of prayer’ (via CathNews) Christians from several denominations have pledged to hold a ‘ring or prayer’ around protesters outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, if bailiffs or police begin to forcibly remove …
Philippines police investigate suspicious death of Aussie priest (via CathNews) Authorities in the Philippines are investigating the suspicious death of an Australian priest found floating in a river, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. » more
by John L Allen Jr on Jan. 13, 2012 (via NCR) You are not forgotten. – English Bishop William Kenney on Christians in Gaza In his annual address to diplomats Monday, Pope Benedict XVI highlighted religious freedom with emphasis on …
“Pope Benedict XVI has made a fervent appeal for religious tolerance and an end to discrimination against Christians, two weeks after the lethal Christmas Day bombing of a church in Nigeria.” (Guardian via Sojourners)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Kevin Rudd, called for an end to the aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces of areas of Unity State in South Sudan on 16 November. The Australian Government urged the Governments of …
Over the weekend of 19-20 November, a minister from the Church of North India was arrested in Kashmir on charges of causing communal disharmony. Rev Chandra Mani Khanna, the presbyter in charge of All Saints’ Church in Srinagar, has been …
