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Sight Magazine is an editorially independent, Australian-based website covering local and global news and issues from a Christian perspective.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 6h

The Long Read: As Willow Creek turns 50, the onetime ‘church of the future’ redefines success. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #WillowCreek #ShawnWilliams #BillHybels #SouthBarrington #WillowCreekTheater #Palatine #SantiagoMellado

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The Long Read: As Willow Creek turns 50, the onetime 'church of the future' redefines success - Sight Magazine

In the mid-1970s, a group of high schoolers and their former youth pastor started a church in a movie theatre and named it Willow Creek.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 7h

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado revived Venezuela’s opposition @sightmagazine.bsky.social #NobelPeacePrize #MariaCorinaMachado #Venezuela #NicolasMaduro #US #MarcoRubio #EdmundoGonzalezUrrutia

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado revived Venezuela's opposition - Sight Magazine

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 7h

Hunger rising in Haiti, with nearly six million at risk by 2026 @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IPC #Haiti #Haitihunger #Haitigangs

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Hunger rising in Haiti, with nearly six million at risk by 2026 - Sight Magazine

Haiti's food insecurity is expected to deepen by mid-2026, with around six million people projected to face critical hunger, the IPC said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 7h

Back to the future as France’s Macron reappoints Lecornu as PM @sightmagazine.bsky.social #EmmanuelMacron #France #SebastienLecornu #NationalRally #JordanBardella

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Back to the future as France's Macron reappoints Lecornu as PM - Sight Magazine

French President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as Prime Minister on Friday just days after he quit the job.

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Thousands in Kyiv plunged into darkness after mass Russian attack @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #Kyiv #Ukrainianenergyinfrastructure #VolodymyrZelenskiy

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Thousands in Kyiv plunged into darkness after mass Russian attack - Sight Magazine

Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness in the early hours of Friday after a Russian attack targeted Ukrainian energy facilities.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 9h

Gazans trek to ruined homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IsraelHamasconflict #IsraelHamasceasefire #Israel #Hamas #Gaza #Palestinians #USpeaceplan #Trumppeaceplan #Israeliwithdrawal #GazaCity #BenjaminNetanyahu

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Gazans trek to ruined homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire - Sight Magazine

Thousands of displaced Palestinians trekked over the wastelands of Gaza to return to the ruins of their abandoned homes on Friday.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 19h

Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize @sightmagazine.bsky.social #MariaCorinaMachado #NobelPeacePrize #NicolasMaduro #DonaldTrump

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Venezuela's opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize - Sight Magazine

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting dictatorship.

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Peru’s President removed by Congress, legislature chief sworn in @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Peru #PeruvianCongress #DinaBoluarte #JoseJeri

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Peru's President removed by Congress, legislature chief sworn in - Sight Magazine

Peru's lawmakers swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country's new president after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Peru’s Congress votes to debate impeachment of President Boluarte @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Peru #PeruvianCongress #DinaBoluarte #Boluarteimpeachment

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Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued @sightmagazine.bsky.social #ThePhilippines #Philippinesearthquake #tsunamiwarnings #Indonesia #Palau

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Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued - Sight Magazine

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday morning, the country's seismology agency said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Hungarian “Master of the apocalypse” Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature @sightmagazine.bsky.social #NobelPrizeinLiterature #LaszloKrasznahorkai #Hungary #ViktorOrban #Satantango #MelancholyofResistance

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Hungarian "Master of the apocalypse" Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature - Sight Magazine

Hungarian 'Master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Cameroon’s Biya vies for eighth term, former spokesperson challenging him @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Cameroon #Cameroonelection #PaulBiya #MauriceKamto #IssaTchiromaBakary

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Cameroon's Biya vies for eighth term, former spokesperson challenging him - Sight Magazine

Cameroonian President Paul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Russia strikes Kyiv apartments, energy sites in major attack @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #Kyiv #Ukrainianenergyinfrastructure

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Russia strikes Kyiv apartments, energy sites in major attack - Sight Magazine

A major Russian attack on central Kyiv triggered a fire in a high-rise apartment building and targeted energy sites early on Friday.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Macron searches for France’s sixth prime minister in under two years @sightmagazine.bsky.social #France #EmmanuelMacron #FrenchPM #SebastienLecornu #BernardCazeneuve #PierreMoscovici #JeanLouisBorloo

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Macron searches for France's sixth prime minister in under two years - Sight Magazine

Emmanuel Macron was searching for his sixth prime minister in under two years, hoping his next pick can steer a budget through.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Twenty-three children rescued from Russian-occupied Ukraine, senior official says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #AndriyYermak #BringKidsBackUA #Ukrainianchildren

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Twenty-three children rescued from Russian-occupied Ukraine, senior official says - Sight Magazine

Twenty-three Ukrainian children and adolescents have been brought out of Russian-occupied areas, Andriy Yermak said.

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Mozambique: As child abductions rise in Cabo Delgado, churches serve as safe spaces. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Mozambique #CaboDelgado #childabductions #Mozambiquechurches #ChristiansinMozambique #PastorThomasMachava

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Mozambique: As child abductions rise in Cabo Delgado, churches serve as safe spaces - Sight Magazine

TONNY ONYULO reports on how churches have become safe hubs for finding relatives with the help of local authorities and aid agencies...

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

US judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists @sightmagazine.bsky.social #USImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #Chicago #BroadviewICEdetentioncentre #RevDavidBlack #DepartmentofHomelandSecurity

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US judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists - Sight Magazine

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring government agents from using some tactics against faith-based demonstrators.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Essay: Faith communities have a critical role in defending US libraries. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #libraries #BannedBooksWeek #US #religiousfreedom #bannedbooks

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Essay: Faith communities have a critical role in defending US libraries - Sight Magazine

PAUL BRANDEIS RAUSHENBUSH and SAM HELMICK say the protection of libraries should be understood as a commitment to religious freedom...

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Plot to attack Belgium’s Prime Minister foiled @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Belgium #BartdeWever #MaximePrevot #IslamicState

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Plot to attack Belgium's Prime Minister foiled - Sight Magazine

A group planning attacks on Belgian politicians, including Prime Minister Bart de Wever, has been thwarted, officials said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Open Book: Do we need sarcasm emojis to grasp the Parable of the Shrewd Manager. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #OpenBook #ParableoftheShrewdManager #Jesus #parables #sarcasm #Bible #NewTestament

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Open Book: Do we need sarcasm emojis to grasp the Parable of the Shrewd Manager - Sight Magazine

JOSEPH WAKIM says a re-reading of the parable in light of Jesus' use of sarcasm elsewhere sheds new light on its meaning...

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Vatican #PopeLeoXIV #CatholicChurch #Chicago #USunions #CardinalBlaseCupich #migrants #USimmigrationraids #USdeportations

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Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown - Sight Magazine

Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Kremlin denies that Russia-US efforts to end Ukraine war are exhausted @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Russia #Ukraineconflict #TrumpPutinsummit #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #Ukraine

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Kremlin denies that Russia-US efforts to end Ukraine war are exhausted - Sight Magazine

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said efforts by Russia and the United States to end the conflict in Ukraine were still alive, TASS reported.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Congo’s Tshisekedi calls on Rwanda to make peace as diplomacy stumbles @sightmagazine.bsky.social #DRC #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #DRC #FelixTshisekedi #Rwanda #M23

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Congo's Tshisekedi calls on Rwanda to make peace as diplomacy stumbles - Sight Magazine

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi used a speech to an investment forum in Brussels to publicly appeal to his Rwandan counterpart.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Europeans, Arabs flesh out Gaza transition ideas to weigh on Trump plan @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IsraelHamasconflict #Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #Europe #Arabstates #Paris #JeanNoelBarrot #KajaKallas #twostatesolution #Trumppeaceplan

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Europeans, Arabs flesh out Gaza transition ideas to weigh on Trump plan - Sight Magazine

The United States' closest European and Arab partners met in Paris on Thursday to work out how to shape Gaza's post-war future.

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Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalises poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury @sightmagazine.bsky.social #PopeLeoXIV #Vatican #poverty #wealthy #CatholicChurch #Ihavelovedyou #Dilexite #PopeFrancis #CardinalMichaelCzerny #newsmedia #fakenews

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Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalises poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury - Sight Magazine

Pope Leo XIV blasted how the wealthy elite live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins.

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