London: The Archbishop of Canterbury has called a meeting of leading bishops to discuss loosening the Anglican Church`s global structure due to growing differences over homosexuality and female bishops. The Anglican Communion, the world`s third largest Christian body with 80 million members, has been split between the more liberal churchesContinue Reading
Colombo: Acknowledging that “horrific level of violations and abuses” occurred in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, a report prepared by the U.N. Human Rights Office (OHCHR), released in Geneva on Wednesday, recommended the establishment of a hybrid special court, integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators. “A purely domesticContinue Reading
Skopje: Blessed Mother Teresa appears as a “religious freak” in the vast literature on her because of a failure to approach her in a wider, complex and multilayered context, says British author and Mother Teresa scholar. Albanian-born UK-based Gëzim Alpion said this on September 12 at Skopje, Mother Teresa’s birthContinue Reading
United Nations: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the United Nations Champions of the Earth award in recognition of her country’s initiatives to address climate change. “Serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh – one of the world’s least-developed countries – Sheikh HasinaContinue Reading
Lagos: A mob repeatedly stabbed and burned alive a man for stealing a pot of soup in southern Nigeria, local media reported today. The unidentified victim’s charred corpse was left outside a secondary school after his death on Sunday in the southeastern port city of Calabar, the national “ThisDay” newspaperContinue Reading
Mining companies plan to retrench thousands as the mining sector grapples with a deepening slide in commodity prices and rising costsContinue Reading
Palmyra: The archaeologist who looked after ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria is reported to have been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants. Khaled Asaad was taken hostage by the group after it seized the Unesco World Heritage site earlier this year, the Vatican Radio reported quoting various agencies. TheContinue Reading
Texas: Christianity is spreading rapidly in China, and it could be because of how well the faith fits in with modern scientific technology. According to the renowned sociologist Rodney Stark, the number of Christians in China is growing at an impressive annual rate of seven percent. Stark coauthored, with XiuhuaContinue Reading
In a desperate bid to escape jail time, a Chinese woman has gotten pregnant 13 times over the last 10 yearsContinue Reading
Dozens of kidnapped Arab Christians have been ransomed, tortured, beheaded and killed over the past year, including a priest who was chopped into pieces, in attempts to raise funds for radical Islamic terror groups and to strike fear into the hearts of Christians across the Middle East and throughout theContinue Reading
