Olympic grandstanding: politicising sport ahead of Paris 2024

Jul 26, 2024 by

By Steven Tucker, Mercator. As the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics begins over in France on Friday, some sport-averse members of the public like me, irritated by the endless hype and wall-to-wall disruption of the usual television schedules,...

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Statement regarding decisions of the Church of England General Synod 2024 from the Archbishop of Sydney

Jul 26, 2024 by

By Kanishka Raffel, Sydney Anglicans. Jesus prays for his church that they would be made holy by the truth of God’s word. Anglicans affirm the ‘ultimate rule and standard of faith’ (ACA Constitution, Fundamental Declarations s2)) of the...

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WEA urges Nigeria to disarm violent groups and boost security of minorities

Jul 23, 2024 by

From Evangelical Focus. The office of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) in Geneva participated in the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Nigeria, with an oral statement. WEA communications and...

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Is Israel really waging an immoral war against Hamas?

Jul 23, 2024 by

By James Thunder, Mercator. Mercator has commendably published six thoughtful articles on the Gaza War since its inception on October 7: Michael Cook’s Stop this madness. Declare a ceasefire (Oct 26); Hendrik van der Breggen’s In defence...

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Islamic Threats Against Parisian Catholic Church

Jul 22, 2024 by

By Hélène de Lauzun, European Conservative. Desecrations of Catholic places of worship in France have increased exponentially in recent months. Most recently, a church in Paris was vandalised using acts of extreme violence. The...

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Lost in the Labyrinth

Jul 22, 2024 by

By Wyatt Flicker, Juicy Ecumenism. Solvitur ambulando, “it is solved by walking,” St. Augustine is credited with saying. In prayer, much of Mainline Protestantism seems to have taken this maxim to heart, with churches expending...

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