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  • 23 Apr 2008
    Scrap farm export subsidies, says Swiss theological ethicist

    Agricultural export subsidies in rich countries which destroy local food production and the income of poor farmers in the global South need to be withdrawn to alleviate the world food crisis, says ethicist and priest Christoph Stückelberger.

  • 28 Mar 2008
    Cardinal seeks to keep pressure on Brown over embryo bill

    Controversial Scottish Catholic leader Keith O'Brien, accused of making intemperate and inaccurate remarks over the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, has vowed to keep the pressure on PM Gordon Brown.

  • 9 Feb 2008
    Is Islamic Law Ethical?

    In a largely secular Britain faith is again a hot topic. Its political dimensions have attracted considerable attention but there has been relatively little about its legal implications.

  • 3 Oct 2007
    Vatican calls for ethic of life at the United Nations

    Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States, has called on the 62nd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, currently being held in New York, for a consistent ethic of life in relation to development, poverty, ecology and human dignity.

  • 25 Sep 2007
    Pope says selfishness with money and capitalism are not the only way

    At his appearance to say prayers at the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, Pope Benedict has spoken of the 'blind selfishness' that can result from an over-preoccupation with money. He says capitalism is not the only valid economic system.

  • 9 Sep 2007
    Russian Orthodox anxious about ethical decline in Europe

    A senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has said the major churches in Europe need to join forces and seek allies from other faiths to ensure society upholds traditional ethical values - and has criticised Christians who take a different view.

  • 7 Sep 2007
    Making sense of moral muddle

    In due course, I intend to offer a more theologically grounded and ekklesially shaped response to the BBC's new opinion poll on the state of Britain's sense of morality. Meanwhile, here is my Guardian article.

  • 7 Sep 2007
    Morality means working together, not seeking superiority
  • 7 Sep 2007
    New survey says people think Britain is in moral decline and religion could help

    An overwhelming number of people believe that Britain is experiencing a moral decline according to a BBC/ComRes opinion poll for The Big Questions, a new BBC belief and ethics programme. 83% of those asked agreed or strongly agreed with that statement, as against only 9% who disagreed.

  • 6 Aug 2007
    Christians seek common code of conduct on religious conversion

    With Evangelical and Pentecostal representatives joining an 8-12 August consultation in Toulouse, the joint Vatican-WCC study process on religious conversion has moved one step closer to its goal of a common code of conduct.