The curries were rich, hot and plentiful, when Holy Trinity Hampton Park’s diverse congregation farewelled its former vicar, and parishioners took the opportunity to celebrate his social justice ministry and how it strengthened their faith.
Dozens of Holy Trinity’s current and past members packed the church in early February to honour Reverend Dr Ian Savage’s contributions to the local community and to refugees before he relocated to England.
Dr Savage decided to move back to Ely near Cambridge this year to be closer to family, after the death of his wife Frances in 2022.
The Reverend Victoria Bakerov is an Anglican Chaplain at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was recently ordained as a deacon. Here, she shares about her work.
Police are investigating an incident at a mosque in western Sydney where a flag was stolen from outside the premises.
CCTV footage seen by SBS News shows a man standing on a ute who appears to use a knife to cut down the flag.
It appears that the man gets back into his car and drives away, taking the flag with him.
We’re midway through Ramadan, the ninth and most sacred month of the year for Muslims.
During this period, observant Muslims consume no food or drink between dawn and dusk, and while non-Muslims may think of Ramadan primarily as a fasting month, food is a huge focus.
People get up early to eat before dawn. They sit down together to break the fast after nightfall. And there are grand food traditions around Eid al-Fitr, the celebratory feasting day that concludes Ramadan.
For the first time in decades, three major religious traditions – Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá’í Faith – will observe their sacred fasting periods at the same time.
Human rights expert Kat Eghdamian remembers the first time she truly felt the power of fasting. It was during the Baha I Fast, in the quiet hours before sunrise.
During those still moments, she felt something unexpected: clarity. The hunger she had feared was not an enemy but a teacher.
Poland’s day of prayer for victims of clerical sexual abuse, scheduled each year for the first Friday in Lent, was overshadowed March 7 by a controversial opinion from the legal council of the Polish bishops’ conference regarding an independent commission for the investigation of abuse cases that has been under development for the past two years.
Evangelical Christian groups are calling on Congress to reinstate foreign aid programs shuttered by President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing the government’s actions will hurt millions of people around the world.
Addressing a crowd of around three dozen largely evangelical Christians assembled at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church on Tuesday morning , March 11th for a “Prayer Vigil for Foreign Aid,” the Rev. Eugene Cho, president and CEO of the group Bread for the World, denounced the “broad, un-targeted cuts” recently implemented at the U.S. Agency for International Development as an assault on vulnerable populations all over the globe.
“These indiscriminate cuts are not just a policy failure,” said Cho, standing in a sanctuary dotted with candles. “For us, especially, as followers of Christ, as uncomfortable as it may be, we must clearly … but prophetically, say: it is also a moral failure.”
A civil court in Pakistan’s Punjab province has annulled the forced marriage of a Christian girl who had been subjected to years of abuse and coercion, allowing her to reunite with her family after enduring forced conversion and marriage to her stepfather’s brother.
The court, in Bahawalpur city, ruled in favour of Shahida Bibi, declaring the marriage invalid and reversing her coerced conversion to Islam.
Authorities issued new identification documents that restored her status as a Christian. The legal battle represents a rare instance of justice being served in cases involving forced conversion and marriage in Pakistan, the group said.
Catholic women are going on strike this Lenten period in protest of the church not permitting them to be ordained.
The strike is organised by the Women’s Ordination Conference. It calls on women to rescind time, labour and finances from the church for 40 days, to highlight the significance of their contributions.
Many feel let down by the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality, which was a three-year consultation, running from 2021-2024. Research revealed that the role of women in the church was a top concern among many parishes and dioceses, with a majority saying they would like to see women’s decision-making abilities expand.
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris has borne witness to many turning points in history.
The building’s striking gothic stonework has stood sentry on an island in the midst of the River Seine since the late 12th Century as coronations, wars and revolutions have unfolded in its shadow.
What you might not realise, however, is that the cathedral has played a key part in shaping the music you hear when you turn on the radio or stream a playlist.
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