Rock church: an eight-metre-high sculpture, To Be in
Limbo, hangs from the ceiling of the Jesuit Church in Vienna.
Produced by the group of artists Steinbrener/Dempf and Huber, it
seeks to symbolise "faith and it's threatening moments"
Rock church: an eight-metre-high sculpture, To Be in
Limbo, hangs from the ceiling of the Jesuit Church in Vienna.
Produced by the group of artists ...
Pakistani Christian pleads for clemency
THE husband of Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian sentenced to
death for blasphemy (News, 19 November
2010), has appealed to the country's president Mamnoon Hussain
to grant her a pardon. In an open letter, Ashiq Masih said that he
and his wife had always lived in peace with their Muslim neighbours
until local women developed a grudge against Mrs Bibi in 2009 and
denounced her. Conditions in her prison were very bad and Mrs Bibi
was being kept alive only by the delivery of food and medicines to
her by family members, Mr Masih wrote. Last month, the Archbishop
of Canterbury condemned the High Court of Appeal in Pakistan as
"cruel" for upholding the death sentence against Mrs Bibi (News,
24 October).
Church in South Sudan sends out peacemakers
A GROUP of "Peace Mobilisers", trained to help bring
reconciliation to South Sudan's warring communities, have been sent
out by the Episcopal Church of Sudan and South Sudan (ECSSS), among
other organisations. The 80 Peace Mobilisers will endeavour to
build bridges between different groups that have been fighting on
and off since the Vice-President, Riek Machar, fell out with
President Salva Kiir last year over an alleged coup attempt by Mr
Machar. Speaking after the Peace Mobilisers had finished their
30-day training, the Archbishop of the ECSSS, Dr Daniel Deng, said
that "commitment and courage" was needed to reunite South
Sudan.