Society & Culture

  • Immigration or integration - what is the real crisis

    By Jude Simion Oceania

    Immigration is a prominent and integral aspect of our global society, yet it remains a deeply contentious and polarizing issue. Countries are struggling to manage their borders as people take dangerous and irregular paths to cross them. Many believe that immigration needs to be reduced or restricted, leading to protests and counter-protests in various nations. Concerns are also rising about the rapid cultural and societal changes immigration brings. A fresh focus on integration can help.

  • The benefits of living as a semi-detached insider

    By Brian Harris Oceania

    Some of us are always looking for a place to fully belong. We might be an insider of different groups, but there does not seem to be a place where we are fully understood or where we feel we can just be without pretense. We live with the expectancy of a better place where our investment in belonging is fully worthwhile. On the edge of the inside we find Jesus who is the architect of that place that we are yearning for.

  • Christian lawyers representing father express relief after Spanish judge halts assisted suicide of 23 year old woman

    By Chris Eyte Europe

    A judge has agreed to suspend the assisted killing of a young woman in Barcelona following the request of her father, represented by Christian lawyers in Spain. El Diario reported that the woman had a severe mental illness and a disability recognised in Oct. 2022 from a spinal cord injury after a self-harming incident. Yet, lawyers highlighted flaws in the womans’ request for euthanasia, according to El Diario, because she wrote a letter on July 29, expressing doubts that she wanted help to die.

  • As Muslim athlete receives lavish welcome, Pakistani 'Power Girls' wonder: 'Is our Christian faith a barrier to recognition?'

    By A. S. John Asia

    Muslim athlete Arshad Nadeem who won a javelin gold medal at the Paris Olympics for a world record-breaking throw has received a hero’s welcome, sponsorships and significant financial rewards from the government. Three remarkable sisters who have etched their names in history by consistently winning gold medals for Pakistan in the sport of powerlifting, however, have watched the happenings with mixed feelings.

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