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  • 22 Oct 2007
    Pope Benedict commends historic Mennonite peace witness

    Pope Benedict yesterday received the first Mennonite World Conference delegation ever to come to Rome, following the Anabaptists' split from the Catholic Church in the 16th century. He especially commended their their long standing witness to peace.

  • 12 Sep 2007
    Don't forget the Hurricane Felix victims, say aid agencies

    Church and development organisations working in hurricane-hit Nicaragua and Honduras are urging people not to forget the long- and short-term victims of the region's 'hidden disaster', the profile of which is being dwarfed by other world events in the media.

  • 31 Aug 2007
    Colombian Mennonites and Catholics connect through peacemaking

    Mennonites and Catholics in conflict-ridden Colombia have discovered common ground in their recent dialogue about peacemaking, part of an international series of meetings to encourage more fruitful contact between the two Christian traditions.

  • 9 Aug 2007
    Mennonites respond to South Asia post-flood crisis

    Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the North American development and peace agency, is working with local partners to provide a 10-day supply of food for 5,050 families caught up in the post-flood crisis in Bangladesh.

  • 3 Jul 2007
    Mennonites assist peacebuilding in Ethiopia

    Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia have brought together 40 community leaders – Muslims, Ethiopian Orthodox and Evangelical Christians – affected by the country's violence.

  • 10 Apr 2007
    Mennonites join in anti-cluster bombs initiative

    A major North American peace church agency, Mennonite Central Committee, is adding its weight to a Spring mobilisation against the cruelty of cluster bombs - via a bill in the US Senate.

  • 13 Mar 2007
    Church leaders' visit to Iran

    We've been slow in providing feedback on the trip to Tehran by 13 US Christian leaders, coordinated by Mennonites and Quakers.

  • 10 Mar 2007
    German president visits Mennonite communities in Paraguay

    European head of state makes a surprise visit to peace churches in Latin America

  • 19 Feb 2007
    Europe is focus of global churches' peacemaking initiative

    St Francis of Assisi's prayer, 'Make me a channel of your peace', was the theme for a celebration of common commitment to overcome violence at a gathering of Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant church representatives on 17 February 2007 in Wittenberg, Germany.

  • 18 Feb 2007
    Christian peacemakers report on Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes

    Israeli soldiers demolished homes in three Palestinian villages near bypass road 317 on 14 February, reports Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) from Al Tuwani.