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Friday, 02 October 2015 18:31
Pakistan: asylum needed for Christians
The president of Pakistan’s Christian Congress has urged Western nations to open its doors to persecuted Pakistani Christians. According to the Daily Pakistan, Nazir Bhatti said Christians seeking asylum should be accommodated in the USA, the…
Friday, 02 October 2015 18:30
Mexico: ‘Where are our boys?’ protest march
The parents of 43 missing college students have led a march of thousands of people in Mexico City, marking one year since the students’ disappearance. In January Mexico's government said the students had been handed over…
Friday, 02 October 2015 18:28
Afghanistan: can government keep Kunduz secure?
After losing control of Kunduz to the Taliban on Monday, the government says it has now reclaimed most of the city. Shockwaves of the Taliban's sudden seizure of this strategic hub on the main trade-route between…
Friday, 02 October 2015 18:26
Pakistan: floods, Taliban and prayer warfare
A Christian in Pakistan writes, ‘The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray. It is not the only thing, but it is the chief thing.’ Some heavy flooding has taken…
Friday, 02 October 2015 18:24
Vatican's new astronomer speaks out
Religion supports astronomy and religious people should not be afraid of the scientific study of celestial objects, according to the Pope's astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, the new director of the Vatican Observatory and a Jesuit. He says,…
Friday, 02 October 2015 18:23
South Sudan: UN says army raped and burned girls alive
Rights investigators from the UN mission in the Republic of South Sudan (Unmiss) have warned of ‘widespread human rights abuses’. Some of the most disturbing allegations were abduction and sexual abuse of women and girls, some…