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Category - peacemaking

March 14, 2016

Christian Aid urges world to 'keep working for peace' in Syria

As the Syria conflict enters its sixth year and peace talks resume today in Geneva, Christian Aid has implored the international community to keep on working for peace.
March 2, 2016

World Council of Churches solidarity visit to Burundi

Amidst the current tense situation in Burundi, representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) have embarked on a solidarity visit to Burundi from 1 to 4 March.
January 26, 2016

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes
June 18, 2015

Northern Friends Peace Board reflect on politics and witness for peace

Members of the Northern Friends Peace Board met in Glasgow on 13 June to discuss issues from community peacebuilding to the Trident nuclear weapons system.
March 9, 2015

Pax Christi launches General Election Briefing

The UK's involvement in the global arms trade, its role in the world and Trident are some of the issues explored in a new General Election Briefing from Pax Christi and other Christian peace groups.
December 25, 2014

Make 'Christmas truces' permanent, says think-tank

A paper outlining moves towards a New Remembrance aimed at investing in peace-building rather than glorifying war-making has been published by the Christian think-tank Ekklesia, coinciding with commemorations of the fabled ‘Christmas Truces’.
December 23, 2014

Christmas Truce: podcast on 'the little peace'

At Christmas 1914, four months into World War One, British and German soldiers on the Western front laid down their weapons. They exchanged small gifts, sang carols, buried their dead, and some even kicked a football around.
December 21, 2014

Churches in Japan 'are witnesses to justice and peace'

Churches in Japan "are true witnesses of Jesus Christ through their words and deeds", says WCC General Secretary Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
December 19, 2014

Who would Jesus shoot… at Christmas?

One of the tag-lines for our annual appeal (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/annualappeal2014) this year is "Christmas truce? Help make it permanent."
December 19, 2014

Help make the 'Christmas Truce' permanent

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Aug 22 2017

Manchester exhibition to shine spotlight on women detained in Assad's Syria

An exhibition in Manchester next month is to feature the real-life stories of women who have been imprisoned in Syria during the uprising and...

Aug 21 2017

Disabled people take complaints about government's rights record to UN

Aug 21 2017

Electoral Reform Society publish definitive report on June general election

Aug 19 2017

NUJ demands IPSO inquiry on press racism

Aug 19 2017

UK MPs call for an end to Pakistan's blasphemy laws

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