An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

Rosario, Argentina :: Church members from a vulnerable community learn about human trafficking and experience care and respect.

An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry.

A competition-record crowd of 32,510 watched Krasnodar take Real Madrid to penalties in their UEFA Youth League play-off, the Spanish side eventually winning 3-0 on spot-kicks.

Chelsea and Barcelona contested the 2018 UEFA Youth League final in Nyon on Monday.

The 64 entrants are confirmed, 32 in the UEFA Champions League path and 32 in the domestic champions path to be drawn on Tuesday.

Young players from the four teams taking part in the UEFA Youth League finals in Nyon have been given important insights into financial planning and the video assistant referee (VAR) system at an education session.

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Economic growth prospects are better and Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has made the right choices about where to spend the money, says ANC national chair Gwede Mantashe.

By Bishop Arthur Serratelli

In February 1915, only six months after the beginning of World War I, Lancet, a British medical journal, used for the first time the expression “shell shock.” This newly coined expression was used to describe the feeling of helplessness that soldiers felt after exposure to constant bombardment. The term was new, but not the reality. After every war, soldiers return from combat, suffering “shell shock.” 

Watching their comrades mowed down by enemy fire or left maimed and strewn on the battlefield, combatants become immune to feelings of connectedness and concern. Today, this phenomenon is becoming an epidemic. We are constantly being bombarded by bad news. The catastrophic and inhumane events that interrupt our everyday life are causing many people to escape from the brutality by becoming shell shocked. 

Terrorist attacks in Belgium, Syria, Africa, and in England; daily violence on the streets of Chicago, New York, Paterson; the massacre of our children in their schools and of believers in their churches, synagogues and mosques; the interminable disputes and rancor over immigration; allegations of racism and sexism; the incessant reporting of scandals, present and past!  Moment by moment these evils confront us. So fast does news travel that one story stumbles over the other with images of the dead, the wounded, the homeless imprinted on our minds. These problems do not admit of simple solutions. And, since we are more aware of them today than in the past and yet less able to find solutions, many, left numb and disillusioned, drift into apathy.  

In addition, newspapers, blogs and TV commentaries flash before us cause after cause, such as global poverty and climate change. “Every cause seems urgent, but nobody has the time, the energy, or the information necessary to make an impact. Knowing all the ways in which the world is flawed in a very real, raw, up-close kind of way without the ability to make any sort of important change is perhaps the most unwelcome symptom of the digital age” (Jamie Varon, “Generation apathy: How internet outrage is making us all numb and hopeless,” August 20, 2015).

Some Christians have drunk the hemlock of apathy. They are becoming more and more indifferent to evil in the world and, sadly, more and more detached from religion. Unconnected. Not invested. Religion may be good; but, when it comes to God, they have hung up a “Do Not Disturb Sign.” For them, weddings, funerals, First Communions, Confirmations, if even celebrated, are mostly social occasions. 

Apathy within the Church is far more devastating than outside the Church. The Church is the sign and sacrament of salvation for the world. It is an instrument in God’s hands. But if the instrument is dull and listless, it hinders God’s activity. When people become apathetic, something more is needed than telling them to be kind and compassionate. Such preaching falls on deaf ears and hardened hearts. What is needed today is the bold proclamation of the kerygma, that is, the love of God given us in the death and resurrection of Jesus.  

God is not apathetic. He is intensely passionate about his relationship with us and his world. He is the lover who pursues his beloved. He never gives up on us, despite our sins. He woos us back to himself (cf. Hosea 2:11). He did not turn his back on the evil of our world, but sent his Son to be our Redeemer.

 “God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son” (Jn 3:16). In the death and resurrection of Jesus, God’s love is a fact. In Jesus, God has begun the work of forgiving sins and recreating the world. And, he gifts us with the Holy Spirit so that, together with him, we make all things new. We are not helpless. We are not alone. Apathy makes people murmur a half-silent “No” to the world in which we live. But, faith in Jesus Crucified and Risen makes us shout a resounding “Yes” to God’s work of the New Creation. Faith is the antidote to apathy.


 

A searing report and federal oversight over Title IX enforcement in Chicago raises the question: Is it an outlier, or just the first to get caught?

As time passes for those devastated by fire in a Bangladesh slum, OM helps with essential support and love in variety of ways.

Young people in Bangladesh learn to combine sport with their love for God, and one programme participant explains his enthusiasm for the experience.

Despite having a degree, a young woman in Bangladesh finds it impossible to get a job until she completes an OM computer course.

OM brings starter schools to families in poor rural areas, benefiting both pupils and teachers in Bangladesh.

One woman’s risk of exploitation decreased when she learnt to read and write through OM's adult literacy programme in Bangladesh.

Thirteen years ago, two families wondered how God would use them to reach a town with no believers. Now, local small groups study God’s Word.

Believers begin a conversation with a local religious leader about Jesus.

Mothers and children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps tell horrifying stories from recent months, many needing a place where they can be reminded of hope.

The Indianapolis archbishop has ordered Catholic high schools in the city to dismiss teachers who are married to someone of the same sex, or sever ties with the archdiocese.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

Rosario, Argentina :: Church members from a vulnerable community learn about human trafficking and experience care and respect.

An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry.

Enterprises and small to midsize businesses (SMBs) require rock-solid endpoint security. The challenge is determining the right features to best keep exploits at bay. We put the leading solutions to the test to find the best options for your business.

It's 2020 and time to upgrade your business skill set. Creativity and persuasion are the most desirable soft business skills, while blockchain and cloud computing skills dominate as the most in-demand hard skills as we begin the new decade.

Defying the notion that business-focused smartphones need to be clunky and thick, Samsung's Galaxy XCover Pro is thin, light, and durable. Use it as a walkie-talkie, a mobile point-of-sale (POS) system, and however you get work done.

With 1.6 million customers and 850 000 active accounts and counting, TymeBank's growth in the first year of its launch surpassed its own projections. But can the bank maintain this momentum as the novelty of trying new things wears off for digitally savvy early adopters?

The pharmaceutical retailer says it was forced to increase prices of surgical masks because of suppliers' inflated quotes and to match competitors, while the commission says retailers could have been following Dis-Chem's lead.

South Africa’s chloroquine supplies were temporarily depleted amid speculation that the drug could be used to treat the coronavirus and additional supplies to treat lupus sufferers had to be procured from India.

The economic meltdown has seen the world's leading central bankers including the South African Reserve Bank come under pressure to bail out their respective economies in the form of interest rate cuts. They've been urged to fund governments, an idea that central bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, says is tantamount to a client instructing their banker to do the same.

From bicycle culture to electric vehicles, the automotive industry is changing and Covid-19 may be accelerating the pace of change.

Prasa estimates revenue losses for the year of R757 million, due to the impact of the lockdown.

Patel was appointed editor of the weekly investigative newspaper in October of 2016.

Newly appointed provisional liquidator of SA Express is in the process of investigating affairs of the state-owned regional airline.

If you have lost your income due to the lockdown, your options are limited.

Members of the South African Airways Voyager loyalty programme will temporarily not be able to redeem miles earned for awards.

Originally announced in February 2015, Apple is giving up on trying to build the new facility.

The high-end discrete graphics cards will reportedly target the PC gaming market and data centers, putting pressure on AMD and Nvidia. Intel hired a former AMD exec to lead the effort.

Bloomberg says People's Liberation Army operatives added tiny, nefarious microchips to server motherboards made by Super Micro and used by Apple and Amazon, among others. All three companies pushed back hard on the story.

Dell has some Doorbuster Deals that will not last long. Also, the Instant Pot DUO60 is back at $49.99. Plus, Prime members can grab a Ring Video Doorbell Pro and Echo Dot for $169.

The Dell PowerEdge T30 is back at $299, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X is just $382, and the 55-inch LG B8 OLED 4K TV is only $1,047.

Use the coupon code below to get this $788 server for less than $300.

The House appropriations committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill providing a slight funding increase for the U.S. Department of Education, bringing overall funding to about $71 billion.

A community-based organization's partnership with researchers creates a 'knowledge neighborhood' supporting after-school programs.

Authorities say the single victim of a shooting this week at a high school in North Las Vegas, Nev., was an 18-year-old student.

Education Week catches you up on the week gone by with a thoughtful look at recent news in K-12 education.

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.