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Globalisation and Development

  • 23 Jan 2007
    Economics and ecology are key, say Christians at WSF

    At the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, speakers involved in a workshop organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) said that wealth, poverty and ecology are strongly linked to each other and to society's commitment to the common good.

  • 23 Jan 2007
    Britain to sign up to European convention on human trafficking

    In a move that has been welcomed by campaigners, the Prime Minister has announced that Britain will sign up to a European convention to "stamp out" human trafficking.

  • 23 Jan 2007
    United Nations member states urged to condemn Holocaust denial

    United Nations member states are being urged this week to support the draft UN General Assembly resolution condemning Holocaust denial. A vote is expected on Friday 26 January 2007. The move is being supported by human rights and faith groups, as well as the American Jewish Congress.

  • 23 Jan 2007
    Pope seeks to heal long-standing rift with Chinese Church

    After an extended period of disagreement and diplomatic conflict, the Pope has extended an olive branch to the Catholics in China, and indirectly to the governing authorities, via a meeting and pastoral letter to follow.

  • 19 Jan 2007
    Churches back global justice at World Social Forum

    Ceremonies in Nairobi's Holy Family Roman Catholic Basilica and All Saints Anglican Cathedral, together with a procession from one to the other church, are part of events being organized by the All Africa Conference of Churches/Caritas Ecumenical Platform to mark the opening of the 7th World Social Forum (WSF).

  • 18 Jan 2007
    Five minutes away from Doomsday

    The scientists who mind the Doomsday Clock yesterday moved it two minutes closer to midnight, which symbolizes the annihilation of civilization, adding the perils of global warming for the first time to acute nuclear threats.

  • 18 Jan 2007
    Anti-slavery campaign to commemorate abolition of transatlantic trade

    Christians urged to back new anti-slavery campaign running throughout 2007 as millions around the world still wait to be set free.

  • 17 Jan 2007
    African leader calls for peace in Somalia at theology forum

    The general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), the Rev Dr Mvume Dandala, has used the occasion of a major theological conference to call for practical steps towards reconciliation and peace in conflict-torn Somalia.

  • 17 Jan 2007
    Ethiopian troops accused of perpetrating atrocities

    Ethiopian soldiers occupying Somalia have been accused of raping Somali woman, according to reports circulating among church and development NGOs in the region. Observers are waiting for details to be confirmed.

  • 16 Jan 2007
    Develop a global vision, WCC tells the churches

    "It is together that we find our place in the world," the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary has told WCC member churches and ecumenical partners in a message about priorities for the years ahead - which stresses the need for Christians both to work with those of other religions and life-stances, and to develop their own distinctive Gospel-based values and perspectives.