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France: G7 summit (24-26 August)
22 Aug 2019
The 2019 G7 summit in Biarritz will focus on fighting inequality. The following five objectives will be discussed, and we can pray that they will be acted on: a) inequality of opportunity, promoting in particular gender…
Switzerland: UN summit on extinction threats
22 Aug 2019
Amid growing alarm over accelerating extinctions, a major two-week international conference opened in Geneva on 17 August. 183 member states aim to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and other endangered animal and plant species.…
Global Church: confess and pray
22 Aug 2019
A third of the world call themselves ‘Christians’, but many are missing from our churches; others are present, but don’t have the joy of knowing and following Christ. Something has to change! Mission to nominal Christians…
Mexico: pastor killed during church service
22 Aug 2019
Pastor Cruz Canseco was in the pulpit of his church when he was shot at point-blank range. His attacker was prevented from escaping, and was subsequently handed over to the authorities. The pastor died on the…
Pray for justice
22 Aug 2019
Violence is an everyday threat to the poor. It is as much a part of daily life as hunger, homelessness or disease. Established laws are rarely enforced in the developing world - so criminals continue to…
India: four million stateless people?
22 Aug 2019
On 31 August four million Indians could become stateless. In Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan fifty years ago, millions of Bengali Muslims fled to Hindu Assam, giving it the second largest Muslim population of any…