Syria (Mission Network News) — While the conflict in Syria intensifies, it seems as if Americans—specifically Christians—are only becoming more apathetic. According to a survey by World Vision, 38 percent of those who described themselves as committed Christians had taken action for refugees in the past two years—a six percent drop from 2015. In 2015, […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Coinciding with the fifth centenary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, the State Library of the German city of Berlin will exhibit three of the seven original prints of Martin Luther’s 95 theses that are still preserved. Published in 1517, they laid the theological foundations for one of the most important political, […]
(Associated Press) — The children told prosecutors the two Roman Catholic priests repeatedly raped them by an image of the Virgin Mary inside the small school chapel in remote northwestern Argentina. Only their tormentors would have heard their cries because the other children at the school were deaf. The clerical sex abuse scandal unfolding at […]
(The Christian Institute) — Marie Stopes treats women like they are on a conveyor belt, a woman who decided to keep her baby has said. Jade Stevens, who visited a Marie Stopes clinic in 2015, said she was pressured into an abortion by nurses and was accused of “wasting their time” when she changed her […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The Christian owners of a bakery in Northern Ireland state that they plan to appeal to the U.K. Supreme Court a lower court ruling declaring them guilty of discrimination for declining to print the phrase “Support Gay Marriage” on a cake. “The Ashers Baking Company has confirmed that it plans to launch […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (Morning Star News) – Police in Australia on Friday arrested seven suspected Islamic terrorists after thwarting a planned bomb attack on three sites in Melbourne, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Some 400 heavily-armed police raided homes in five of Melbourne’s northwestern suburbs. The raids reportedly culminated weeks of intensive investigations and monitoring by Victoria Police, Australian […]
Russia (Mission Network News) — Earlier this week, a state of emergency was called in Siberia after 49 people died of alcohol poisoning. According to the Washington Post, they died after consuming a bath oil they hoped would give them a buzz. Historically, Russia has struggled with alcohol abuse. In 2014, the BBC reported a study […]
BERLIN (New York Times) — Investigators undertook a Europe-wide manhunt on Wednesday for a young Tunisian ex-convict with multiple aliases who had been denied asylum in Germany and was considered a security risk, linking him to a deadly truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market. The attack on Monday killed 12 people and wounded 48 […]
(The Christian Institute) — Promising to remain faithful will no longer be a legal requirement for marriages in Italy, if a controversial new bill is passed. Supporters of the bill to remove the word “fidelity” from marriage contracts, claim that faithfulness in marriage is “outdated and obsolete.” The proposal has already been backed by the […]
(TN News Service) — Fatal attacks by apparent terrorists occurred Sunday and Monday in Germany, Turkey, Libya, and Jordan. An attack in Switzerland resulted in three persons wounded by gunshots. The attacks came after the U.S. State Department issued a statement in November warning the ISIS and al-Qaida may be planning attacks on public areas […]