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Pakistan: asylum needed for Christians
02 Oct 2015
The president of Pakistan’s Christian Congress has urged Western nations to open its doors to persecuted Pakistani Christians. According to the Daily Pakistan, Nazir Bhatti said Christians seeking asylum should be accommodated in the USA, the…
Mexico: ‘Where are our boys?’ protest march
02 Oct 2015
The parents of 43 missing college students have led a march of thousands of people in Mexico City, marking one year since the students’ disappearance. In January Mexico's government said the students had been handed over…
Afghanistan: can government keep Kunduz secure?
02 Oct 2015
After losing control of Kunduz to the Taliban on Monday, the government says it has now reclaimed most of the city. Shockwaves of the Taliban's sudden seizure of this strategic hub on the main trade-route between…
Pakistan: floods, Taliban and prayer warfare
02 Oct 2015
A Christian in Pakistan writes, ‘The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray. It is not the only thing, but it is the chief thing.’ Some heavy flooding has taken…
Vatican's new astronomer speaks out
02 Oct 2015
Religion supports astronomy and religious people should not be afraid of the scientific study of celestial objects, according to the Pope's astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, the new director of the Vatican Observatory and a Jesuit. He says,…
Rights investigators from the UN mission in the Republic of South Sudan (Unmiss) have warned of ‘widespread human rights abuses’. Some of the most disturbing allegations were abduction and sexual abuse of women and girls, some…