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  • 3 Aug 2011
    Orthodox Patriarch calls for reconciliation of Russia and Georgia

    The Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church has called on his Russian counterpart to reconcile, after a war between the two countries in 2008.

  • 8 May 2011
    Reconciliation: encouragement or hindrance to peace?

    There are serious questions to be asked about the unity pact between the two Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas, says Harry Hagopian. But meanwhile the Israeli prime minister remains dwarfed by the real significance of the Arab Spring, and a huge block to progress towards a just peace for all. He is still a tactician at best, with precious little strategic foresight.

  • 22 Mar 2011
    Is reconciliation 'realistic' in a divided world?

    Is reconciliation realistic? Is it possible to reconcile groups with diverse or contradictory experiences and understanding of the world? The answer to this question depends on what we accept as “realistic”, says Andrew Suderman What is the true story that is being told? The Christian message is that it is ultimately God who reconciles, not us. Our task is to align ourselves with God's action in this respect.

  • 18 Jul 2010
    Japanese and Korean Christians seek historic reconciliation

    Korean and Japanese Christians in Japan have said they want to work for reconciliation in marking the 100th anniversary of Japan's colonisation of Korea.

  • 6 Jul 2010
    Peace institute to launch religion and reconciliation programme

    The idea of reconciliation has deep roots in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and other faiths, says the director of a new research programme on religion and peacebuilding.

  • 5 Apr 2010
    Muslims in Darfur help to build church as gesture of peace

    Muslims in the troubled region of Darfur are working with Christians to build a church in Southern Sudan as a symbol of peace and solidarity.

  • 10 Mar 2010
    A tale of two mosques

    Seeing the report today in the Times about church leaders in Camberley who have joined together to protest against plans for a mosque near the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, I was reminded of a similar situation which was handled rather differently by a group of Christians in a rather more tense situation in Northern Ireland.

  • 2 Mar 2010
    Desmond Tutu asks Kenya truth and reconciliation chief to resign

    Desmond Tutu and nine other former heads or members of national truth commissions, have urged Bethuel Kiplagat to resign as the head of Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission.

  • 8 Jul 2009
    Faithful bridges to reconciliation

    Destructive division and disunity among Christians, not least evangelicals, is not merely a 'church matter', says David Coffey. It is a counter-witness which contributes to terrible division and sometimes violence in the world.

  • 4 Jun 2009
    Former apartheid chief washes feet of those he says he wronged

    A former minister of police in South Africa's apartheid regime has again washed the feet of people he says he wronged while head of one of the most feared arms of the State - but this time they were apartheid's 'foot soldiers' themselves.