Thousands of people participated in the March for Jesus in Bogota, Colombia with the slogan 'With Jesus Christ Colombia in peace'. Organized jointly by the Colombian Evangelical Confederation (CEDECOL) and the Catholic Church, the event mobilized Christians to pray to God for the nation.
Empathizing deeply with Bible characters helps us understand life better. Mary didn't really know. She had faith and some hints, but did not know where it would all lead. This Christmas ask yourself if you are really saying yes to God. The path of faith twists and turns but the destination is always good.
Bethlehem remains a symbol of hope, resilience, and God’s enduring promise. The Palestinian Christian community are reflecting Jesus' light to those around them: comforting the hurting, loving the broken, and proclaiming peace where there is strife; so that the light that shone from the manger in their city, Bethlehem, will continue to shine through them to the world.
Joy is no ordinary emotion. It can promote individual well-being and the common good as a response to what should be, what could be, and, at some point, what will be. This advent season, it is time to consider how joyful the coming of the Lord is and will be
Let us all remember our Syrian brothers and sisters in faith this Christmas. Pray with them in solidarity, that their hope will be strengthened as they endure immense challenges.
Church leaders in New Zealand have been responding to the publication of a devastating Abuse in Care report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry recounting the abuse and neglect suffered by many thousands of vulnerable children and adults in the hands of church and state institutions from 1950 to1999. Entitled Whanaketia, meaning ‘Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light’, the report contained a challenge to faith leaders to apologize.
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Modi government's first budget since its narrow election victory earlier this year. The budget, unveiled on 23 July, focuses heavily on job creation, rural development and appeasing key coalition partners in an effort to regain political support, but cuts schemes meant for minority welfare.
Two injection shots per year used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections among women in South Africa and Uganda, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed.
A new Police Chaplaincy Service has been launched by the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) on the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean, with a population of around 180,000 people. “We are not just physical, we are spiritual and we ought to understand this and the sooner we understand this the sooner we’ll be able to cope [with] the challenges that I can tell you it’s only by the grace of God that I can stand there and I shall not be moved,” said Commissioner of Police Crusita Descartes Peliu
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics has drawn significant backlash in Pakistan for its depiction of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper" with a "drag queen" performance, which many Christians view as disrespectful to religious beliefs.
After more than six hours of waiting following the closing of the polling stations, the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE) announced the results for Sunday's presidential election. According to the CNE, with 80% of the tables counted, the official leader Nicolás Maduro would have obtained 51.20% of the votes, while the opposition candidate Edmundo González received 44.2%. The results were widely criticized as very unlikely and lacking transparency.
Islamic extremists on Dec. 16 killed a Christian father of three children who had fled his home in eastern Uganda due to death threats from Muslim relatives, sources said.
