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9 May 2007

Control the Arms Trade Day of Prayer

Every year the Campagine Against Arms Trade Christian Network holds a day of prayer to coincide with Stop the Arms Trade Week.
21 Apr 2007

Korean church leaders caution against backlash after US shootings

Korean and American Korean Methodist leaders say that the aftermath of the awful Virginia Tech killings should be the search for healing not revenge.
20 Apr 2007

Debate continues about UK Hindu funeral rites

A leading Hindu organisation has suggested that calls for open funeral pyres at British crematoria are primarily cultural rather than religious, but sensitivity to different funeral sensistivities is needed.
18 Apr 2007

No more 'war on terror'?

Hilary Benn wants to end the nomenclature of a 'war on terror', but he does not seem to have abandoned the 'clash of civilizations' or proposed any real alternative, writes Michael Marten.
18 Apr 2007

Sacrifices at the altar of the gun

The latest US shooting atrocity, at Virginia Tech University, is another tragic embodiment of American worship of the gun, says Tim Nafziger.
18 Apr 2007

WCC leader backs calls for effective US firearms regulations

The widespread availability of deadly weapons links the Virginia Tech killings to 'wanton violence' elsewhere in the world, says World Council of Churches chief Samuel Kobia. He wants proper gun controls.
18 Apr 2007

Indian churches praised for role in HIV-AIDS struggle

The Indian government and the United Nations has praised the minority Christian community in India for its important efforts in helping to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS.
17 Apr 2007

Archbishop of York to hold vigil for missing BBC journalist

The Archbishop of York is to hold a prayer vigil today (Tuesday) for BBC journalist Alan Johnston, missing in Gaza. Christians and others are also remembering the many other captives in Iraq and Israel.
23 Mar 2007

Ill-gotten gains turned into humanitarian aid

Police from West Yorkshire have transformed thousands of pounds of local criminals’ ill-gotten gains into humanitarian aid to help fight poverty in developing countries.
12 Mar 2007

1,000 mothers will die on Mother's Day, say Methodists

This Mother’s Day, the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) is highlighting the fact that over one thousand women worldwide die in childbirth every day.

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