Mission

Indigenous people of Mexico demand apology from Pope on eve of visit

Pope Francis will officially authorise the use of indigenous languages in Catholic liturgies when he visits Mexico later this week. It is expected to be one of several such gestures he will make.
$Episcopal Primate says decision to censure Church over same-sex marriage was \'fair\'$
Episcopal Primate says decision to censure Church over same-sex marriage was 'fair'

The decision to censure The Episcopal Church of the US for consecrating gay bishops and allowing clergy to perform same-sex marriages was "fair", according to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
$\'Jesus changed me\': Pastor conquers drug addiction, homosexuality to preach God\'s Word to others$
'Jesus changed me': Pastor conquers drug addiction, homosexuality to preach God's Word to others

In an interview on CBN's "700 Club Interactive," Kegan shared how he conquered a traumatic experience when he was very young that made him a gay drug addict, to become a preacher of God's Words.
Discovery of pool where Jesus healed blind man should wash away doubts on the Bible, Christian author says

In a commentary posted on Breakpoint, Christian author and speaker Eric Metaxas said the discovery of this ancient pool a decade ago should erase the doubts of some experts about the Gospel of John, and the Holy Bible as a whole.
Pastor facing sex crime allegations states his innocence

Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes who is facing allegations of sex crimes from four decades ago has addressed his congregation for the first time.
Pope appeals again for greater effort to bring peace in Syria

The Pope has made another urgent appeal for peace in Syria, calling on the international community to spare no effort to bring all the parties in conflict to the negotiating table.
$Payday time for loan companies as Archbishop\'s credit task group chalks up success$
Payday time for loan companies as Archbishop's credit task group chalks up success

Archbishop Justin Welby's task group on responsible credit and savings publishes final report, giving evidence of a "sea change" in public and political thought on the issue.
$Pope could visit Scotland to sign interfaith charter on \'shared humanity\'$
Pope could visit Scotland to sign interfaith charter on 'shared humanity'

Pope Francis is intended to come to Scotland in September to sign a ten-point declaration on the "shared humanity" of people of all faiths and none.
Mexico: Expelled Christians allowed to return home with full religious rights

Two Mexican Protestants who were imprisoned and then expelled from their community for refusing to renounce their faith have been allowed to return to their homes with a guarantee of full religious freedom.
Hijab row professor Larycia Hawkins is to leave Wheaton College

The American professor who was widely criticised after she wore a hijab throughout Advent in solidarity with Muslims and who stated that Muslims and Christians worship the same God is to leave her Christian college.
$Pope Francis\' meeting with Iran\'s President Rouhani fulfils end-time prophecy, Jewish scholars say$
Pope Francis' meeting with Iran's President Rouhani fulfils end-time prophecy, Jewish scholars say

Jewish scholars believe that the 2,000-year-old prophecy of the children of Esau (today's Western nations) and the children of Ishmael (today's Arab nations) uniting against the Jewish people as a precursor of the end of days is already being fulfilled.
$Church of Sweden apologises for \'racist\' schooling of indigenous Sami children$
Church of Sweden apologises for 'racist' schooling of indigenous Sami children

The Church of Sweden has admitted to running segregated, racist schools for the country's ethnic Sami population.
$When people can\'t admit their faith is complicit in violence$
When people can't admit their faith is complicit in violence

Some religious people do not find it easy to acknowledge that their faith could be complicit in violence, according to a leading expert in the field of interfaith dialogue.
$Islamic State atrocities are \'genocide\' says European Parliament$
Islamic State atrocities are 'genocide' says European Parliament

The European Parliament has recognised as genocide the mass slaughter and persecution of Christians and others in the Middle East.
$Pope\'s commission on sex abuse sits down to watch Spotlight$
Pope's commission on sex abuse sits down to watch Spotlight

Members of the Pope's commission on child sex abuse began their latest meeting by sitting down to watch Spotlight, the story of the journalists at the Boston Globe who investigated and exposed Catholic child abuse.