Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Causes
Pakistani court overturns Younis Masih’s ‘blasphemy’ conviction, Death Sentence
A court in Pakistan today overturned the death sentence of a Christian convicted under Pakistan’s “blasphemy” laws and ordered him released, according to an advocacy group.
Christian Living
Encountering and overcoming the emotional void
When emotional hardship is met, we find ourselves with a choice of how to fill it. There are many ways, but only one produces a final solution.
Causes
Iranian-American Pastor Abedini writes of torture, pressure to renounce faith
Saeed Abedini and wife Nagmeh. (ACLJ photo) ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – An Iranian-American pastor imprisoned for planting house churches in Iran years ago writes that he is undergoing torture, death threats, and pressure to...
News
Vatican admits it doesn’t fully understand youth culture
The Vatican’s culture ministry warned on Thursday (Jan. 31) that the Catholic Church risks losing future generations if it doesn’t learn how to understand young people, their language and their culture.
News
White House expands religious exemptions to contraception mandate
The Obama administration on Friday (Feb. 1) sought to placate religious groups by broadening religious exemptions and giving faith-based organizations more room to maneuver around its controversial contraception mandate, but t...
Features
Catholic college engages atheism head-on
Talk about an unlikely course in an unlikely place. The main chapel at Jesuit-run Regis College at the University of Toronto is adorned with stained glass windows, icons of Mary and Joseph, and the Stations of the Cross. The ei...
Featured Columns
Formation Toolbox: Faith in a secret presence
The first time I saw a stereogram they told me how it worked; I even saw the wonder in my brother's eyes when he entered the 3D world. He in turn taught me the principles: relax your eyes, look beyond, don't blink, etc. With fa...
Christian Living
Keeping the faith: It’s time
Imagine that tomorrow morning I deposit into your bank account $86,400. This money is all yours to do with as you please, no strings attached. Now, not only am I going to deposit this amount into your account tomorrow, I’m goin...
Causes
Syrian Christians targeted for their politics or their faith?
Wednesday 28th’s twin deadly car bombs in the Christian and Druze suburb of Jaramana in the Syrian capital Damascus appeared to target two communities which so far have not joined the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad'...