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Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:53
Philippines: thousands of Christians still displaced
In May 2017, IS-linked militants took over the city of Marawi. They entered homes and set buildings on fire, including a cathedral and a Protestant-run college. They also took over a dozen Christians hostage, including a…
Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:51
Canada: ‘bring youth to Christ, not church’
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Dowd of Montreal is the sixth-youngest episcopal leader taking part in this month’s synod of bishops on young people. He insisted that observers will get the synod wrong if they conceive of its…
Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:48
Sri Lanka: violence against Christians escalates
Attacks against Christians in Sri Lanka have escalated this year, with Hindu extremism beginning to take root along with long-time Buddhist aggression, according to rights advocates. An attorney who requested anonymity said, ‘We are witnessing communities…
Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:44
Northern Marianas: Typhoon Yutu
On 25 October the 200-mph winds of Super Typhoon Yutu were moving away from its devastating strike on Saipan and Tinian (the two largest islands in the Northern Marianas) and moving into the open waters of…
Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:41
USA: caravan of migrants
For over a week, 4,000 migrants from Central America have trudged north towards the US, fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras. Many are children, some with families, some alone. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have endemic…
Thursday, 18 October 2018 23:46
Islam’s ‘war’ to destroy Israel
On 14 October Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’s advisor on religious and Islamic affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habash, declared on TV that ‘Islam’s religious war to destroy Israel’s “culture of Satan” has begun’; and ‘Jerusalem is the arena of…