Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Debt forgiveness campaign aims at G8 summit in Japan
Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2000
19 July 2000 (Newsroom) -- Rock stars, aid agencies, and Pope John Paul II are calling for world leaders attending this week’s G8 conference in Okinawa, Japan, to wipe out the debt of poor countries.
Rights groups fear French cult bill would curb religious liberty
Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2000
5 July 2000 (Newsroom) -- France is set to pass a law aimed at cults that human rights campaigners fear could lead to the persecution of minority religious groups and possibly make evangelism illegal. The bill, which was…
Putin shows mixed signals on religion policy
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2000
19 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Russia's newly elected president is displaying mixed signals in his approach to church-state relations, according to the Keston Institute, a British-based monitor of religious liberty. Though Vladimir Putin has not publicly discussed his…
Nigeria’s Muslim states approve dialogue on Sharia
Posted on Tuesday, April 4, 2000
NIGERIA, 4 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Northern state governors in Nigeria have approved the formation of a committee of Muslims and Christians to dialogue on aspects of the controversial Sharia, or Islamic law, which was implemented by several…
Bomb Hits Christian School In Southern Sudan
Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2000
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (March 26, 2000) - A Christian school in Southern Sudan was attacked on Thursday, March 23, by the Islamic-led government forces of Sudan and numerous injuries were inflicted to students and their parents.
Pope will meet rabbis to help restore breach with Jews
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2000
JERUSALEM, 15 February 2000 (Newsroom) -- Seeking to heal strained relations with Jews, Pope John Paul II has agreed to meet with Israel's chief rabbis during his historic visit to the Holy Land in March, according to a…
