South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Pope Francis opened a landmark Vatican conference on the sexual abuse of children by priests yesterday by saying the Church would “listen to the cry of the little ones seeking justice”. Victims expected “concrete and efficient measures” to address the abuse and scandal and not […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner Since 1964, the Catholic Church has recognized Christians of other denominations as “separated brethren” who might still enjoy salvation through the mother church in Rome – a conclusion only reached after four centuries of contentious relations and warfare between Catholics and Protestants in Europe and […]
By Illia Djadi — Originally published by World Watch Monitor For his first trip to Africa, Pope Francis is visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic (CAR), from November 25 to 30 The three countries all have predominantly Christian populations — Kenya about 80%, Uganda 85% and CAR 76% – […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Pope Francis on Sunday reaffirmed Catholic opposition to gay marriage as he opened a three-week gathering of bishops from around the world but said the Church had to show love and understanding towards all. Francis presided at a solemn Mass in St Peter’s Basilica […]
Originally published in Christianity Today Pope Francis and the general secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) have hailed a “new era” in relations between evangelicals and the Roman Catholic Church. A WEA delegation met with Pope Francis and representatives of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCCU) today […]
South African Christian business leader Dr Graham Power will meet Pope Francis next week to discuss how Christians can make a stand against corruption and then he will travel to Brisbane, Australia to participate in a campaign to urge heads of government at the G20 Summit to take determined action […]
Originally published in Times of Israel Despite warnings that the pope may be targeted by Islamic State-aligned terrorists, the Vatican has said that Francis will not be changing his plans to visit Albania, which has a majority Sunni Muslim population. “There is no reason to change the pope’s itinerary,” Vatican […]
Originally published in Christian Post Pope Francis became the first pope to make an official visit to a Pentecostal church, after he flew on Monday to speak at the Evangelical Church of Reconciliation in the southern city of Caserta, Italy. The pontiff apologized for persecution of Pentecostals the Roman Catholic […]
Originally published in Charisma News Pope Francis met Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman spared a death sentence for “apostasy” in Sudan, at the Vatican on Thursday (July 24, 2014) after she was flown to Rome by the Italian government following a vigorous international campaign to free her. Ibrahim, 27, was […]
Meeting between Pontiff and Evangelical Christian leaders “a miracle” Originally published in Charisma News Two prominent Fort Worth-based Christian ministers led a delegation of Evangelical Christian leaders to Rome to meet privately with Pope Francis. James and Betty Robison, co-hosts of the Life Today television program, and Kenneth Copeland, […]