May 23, 2013
[Episcopal Relief & Development -- Press Release] In Puxi Village, a tiny locale in the Hunan Province of south central China, Liqin (Lee-cheen) greeted her visitors warmly and invited them into her home for lunch. She had just been packing up a meal to take to her husband, who was doing farm work in the field down the hill from their home. As she turned on the tap in her...
- B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement in the wake of a hate-filled anti-Semitic speech by Louis Farrakhan at Fellowship Chapel in Detroit:
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, once again employed his usual litany of anti-Semitic hatred, talking about "Satanic Jews" as well as the "Synagogue of Satan," implying that Jews control government and businesses in the country.
... May 23, 2013
Louisville
All but one of 19...
May 23, 2013
TORONTO
A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their...
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu told the Alliance that the Church must be united at all costs, despite its different theologies, belief systems and denominations.
Morris quoted week’s memory verse during swearing-in ceremony
May 23, 2013 Kingston, Jamaica
Nigel Coke
Floyd Morris made history in Jamaica’s Parliament last week when he became the first visually impaired person appointed president of the Jamaican Senate, Parliament’s upper house.
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Christian presence and witness in the Middle East
Notre-Dame du Mont Monastery, near Beirut, Lebanon
21-25 May 2013The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchThe ongoing tragedy of conflict throughout the Middle East challenges people of faith throughout the world. As Christians, we share a vision of a healed world where no one lives in fear of death or...
[World Council of Churches -- Press Release] In an international conference on the situation of Christians in the Middle East, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), highlighted the significance of the cross as a symbol of hope for the global church in solidarity with Christians in the Arab world.
“We are called to carry our cross as disciples, but we must also carry one another’s cross, showing how we share this cross as a...