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Thai bishops express Cambodia concern THE President of the Thai Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, has expressed concern over the Thai and Cambodian border conflict, which has…
Tornado destroys home of Episcopalian priest in South Dakota
A TORNADO has destroyed the home of an Episcopalian priest on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota, in the United States, as he and his family sheltered inside. They were unharmed and escaped from the wreckage afterwards.…
Palestinian statehood should not be conditional, Bishops tell Prime Minister
“RECOGNISE Palestine while there is still land on which a state could be recognised,” the Archbishop of York told the Government this week, urging the UK to accelerate its planned recognition of a Palestinian state.On Tuesday…
Dozens massacred by terrorists at DRC church during night vigil
MORE than 40 worshippers at a night vigil in a Roman Catholic church in the east of the Democratice Republic of the Congo were killed on Sunday by an insurgent group linked to Islamic State (IS). The UN peacekeeping mission…
States are obliged to protect environment from greenhouse-gas emissions, says ICJ
THE International Court of Justice’s (ICJ’s) ruling on climate change is “historic”, the Moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee, the Rt Revd Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, has said. On Wednesday, the…
Polish bishops reprimanded for language about refugees and migrants
A POLISH cardinal has urged moderation in language when discussing refugees and migrants, after his country’s government urged the Vatican to “take measures” against two Roman Catholic bishops for criticising its policies.…
Humanitarian groups flee El Salvador in fear
A NEW government crackdown on critics and humanitarian groups in El Salvador is causing organisations to flee the country for their own protection.Cristosal, an organisation founded 25 years ago by an Anglican Bishop of El…
Brazil’s new anti-climate Act ‘an attack on the future’, says Christian minister
ENVIRONMENTAL regulations in Brazil have been weakened by a new law, which was nicknamed the “Devastation Bill”, passed months before the country hosts the UN’s COP30 environment summit.The Brazilian Climate Minister, Marina…
Cultural resistance to safeguarding among local church leaders, study suggests
WHILE Australian churches have made progress in implementing the safeguarding recommendations of the 2013-17 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, this is not always translating to the local…
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Bangladeshi fighter jet crashes into school AN F-7 MILITARY jet crashed into the Milestone School and College in Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 160, mostly students. The Bangladeshi military said…
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