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April 15, 2025
Source: Shincheonji Church of Jesus STATEMENT: The church announced its official position that Le Parisien distorted facts about Shincheonji France in an article published last week, only quoting speculative statements from someone who left the church. On the other hand the church’s statement made up only two lines of the report, barely reflecting the actual ... <a title="Religious News: Statement – Shincheonji Church of Jesus France calls out Major French Daily Newspaper for its “biased” and “slanderous” reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/religious-news-statement-shincheonji-church-of-jesus-france-calls-out-major-french-daily-newspaper-for-its-biased-and-slanderous-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Religious News: Statement – Shincheonji Church of Jesus France calls out Major French Daily Newspaper for its “biased” and “slanderous” reporting">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist Pasifika comedy troupe Naked Samoans is facing a backlash from some members of the Pacific community over its promotional poster. In the image, which has now been taken down, the Naked Samoans depicted themselves as the 12 disciples surrounding Jesus, a parody of The Last Supper. Several Pasifika influencers ... <a title="‘Never our intention to mock Jesus’ – Naked Samoans respond to backlash over controversial poster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/never-our-intention-to-mock-jesus-naked-samoans-respond-to-backlash-over-controversial-poster/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Never our intention to mock Jesus’ – Naked Samoans respond to backlash over controversial poster">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea being declared a Christian nation may offer the impression that the country will improve, but it is only “an illusion”, according to a Catholic priest in the country. Last week, the PNG Parliament amended the nation’s constitution, introducing a declaration in its preamble: “(We) acknowledge and ... <a title="Catholic priest calls PNG’s Christian state declaration ‘cosmetic’ change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/catholic-priest-calls-pngs-christian-state-declaration-cosmetic-change/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic priest calls PNG’s Christian state declaration ‘cosmetic’ change">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An independent Jewish body has condemned the move by Australia’s 39 universities to endorse a “dangerous and politicised” definition of antisemitism which threatens academic freedom. The Jewish Council of Australia, a diverse coalition of Jewish academics, lawyers, writers and teachers, said in a statement that the move would have a “chilling effect” ... <a title="Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/jewish-council-slams-australian-universities-dangerous-politicised-antisemitism-definition/" aria-label="Read more about Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The United States shares the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The billionaires, Christian fascists, grifters, psychopaths, imbeciles, narcissists and deviants who have seized control of Congress, the ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The US empire self-destructs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/chris-hedges-the-us-empire-self-destructs/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The US empire self-destructs">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel People get readyThere’s a train a-comingYou don’t need no baggageYou just get on boardAll you need is faithTo hear the diesels hummingDon’t need no ticketYou just thank the Lord Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield You might have seen Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s speech at the National Prayer Service in the United States following ... <a title="Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/standing-for-decency-the-sermon-the-president-didnt-want-to-hear/" aria-label="Read more about Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2024
By Victor Barreiro Jr in Manila Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, bishop of Kalookan, has condemned the state of Israel on Christmas Eve for its relentless attacks on Gaza that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. “I can’t think of any other people in the world who live in darkness and are always in the ... <a title="Cardinal David slams Israel, says Jesus would have been born in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/26/cardinal-david-slams-israel-says-jesus-would-have-been-born-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Cardinal David slams Israel, says Jesus would have been born in Gaza">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Silent Night is a well-known Christmas carol that tells of a peaceful and silent night in Bethlehem, referring to the first Christmas more than 2000 years ago. It is now 2024, and it was again a silent night in Bethlehem last night, reports Al Jazeera’s Nisa Ibrahim. Not because of peace. But ... <a title="Gaza Christians pray for end of Israeli war’s ‘death and destruction’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/25/gaza-christians-pray-for-end-of-israeli-wars-death-and-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza Christians pray for end of Israeli war’s ‘death and destruction’">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Keith Rankin Analysis. I recently read the Auckland Library copy of the 1986 book Prophecy and politics: militant evangelists on the road to nuclear war, by Grace Halsell (1923-2000). Before she died, she also published (in 1999) Forcing God’s Hand: Why Millions Pray for a Quick Rapture—and Destruction of Planet Earth. A revised 2003 edition ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Israel, Syria, and the Map of the ‘Millennium’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/keith-rankin-analysis-israel-syria-and-the-map-of-the-millennium/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Israel, Syria, and the Map of the ‘Millennium’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Source: Shincheonji New Zealand Gyeonggi Provincial Government’s Sudden Cancellation Raises Concerns of Bias and Violation of Rights An administrative decision by a South Korean government agency sparked international controversy, raising concerns about religious freedom. https://youtu.be/0V3nZDw1RzY On November 27, religious leaders and opinion leaders delivered a joint protest statement to the Government of the Republic of ... <a title="A Global Joint Statement Condemns Cancellation of International Religious Event in South Korea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/a-global-joint-statement-condemns-cancellation-of-international-religious-event-in-south-korea/" aria-label="Read more about A Global Joint Statement Condemns Cancellation of International Religious Event in South Korea">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2024
By Mosese Raqio in Suva Two out of three women in every church in Fiji experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime — and there are “uncomfortable truths” that need to be heard and talked about, says a Pacific church leader. This was highlighted by Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) general secretary Reverend James ... <a title="2 out 3 of Fiji women experience domestic violence, says Reverend Bhagwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/26/2-out-3-of-fiji-women-experience-domestic-violence-says-reverend-bhagwan/" aria-label="Read more about 2 out 3 of Fiji women experience domestic violence, says Reverend Bhagwan">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2024
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua has ordered an inquiry into the “possible unauthorised issuance of passports” by immigration staff and “offered to step aside temporarily from role”. In a statement on Thursday night, Tikoduadua said the passports in question were issued to the children of the South Korean Christian doomsday ... <a title="Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/23/fijis-immigration-minister-steps-down-temporarily-over-unauthorised-passports-for-cult-members/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members">Read more</a>
