Tag: World Watch Monitor
Thousands of churches closed in Rwanda, as Cameroon considers following suit
Pentecostal churches, like this one in Ethopia’s capital Addis Baba, are mushrooming in sub-Saharan Africa. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) World Watch Monitor - 12/4/18 Rwanda has ... Read More
Eritrean church leaders still in jail 12 years later
His Holiness Abune Antonios - Patriarch of Eritrea Haile Naigzhi. World Watch Monitor www.worldwatchmonitor.org - April- May 2016 Although the tiny East African nation of Eritrea ... Read More
Turkey’s Orthodox and Protestants Mend Centuries of Mistrust
Interior stonework of Mardin Protestant Church, March 2015 (photo: World Watch Monitor). Courtyard of long abandoned Mardin Protestant Church, March 2015 (photo: World Watch Monitor). ... Read More
Promised legal reforms disappoint Turkey’s religious minorities
World Watch Monitor - 4/10/13 The Turkish government's long-awaited "democratisation package" of reform laws announced this week has met with considerable disappointment among Turkey's minority ... Read More
Egypt Finally Permits Another Church Building (But 149 More Still Pending)
World Watch Monitor - 13/6/13 Why did President Mohamed Morsi choose to approve his first church permit now? (WWM) Seventeen years have elapsed since the ... Read More
Syrian opposition leader does not know whereabouts of missing bishops
Nuri Kino, World Watch Monitor 24/5/13 Syrian opposition leader Sabra now says he doesn't know of bishops' whereabouts, after giving more certain account two weeks ... Read More