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  • 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.

  • 29 Apr 2009
    Tutu launches Solomon Islands truth and reconciliation body

    Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has flown to the Solomon Islands to launch a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, modelled on the body he chaired in South Africa to tackle crimes and injustices under the former the apartheid regime.

  • 26 Feb 2009
    Role of churches in reconciliation processes affirmed by global panel

    The contribution and role of churches in reconciliation processes around the world has been highlighted by an international panel of experts at a public hearing held in Geneva, Switzerland.

  • 18 Feb 2009
    Churches in Iraq commit to reconciliation and rebuilding

    Representatives of churches in Iraq have confirmed their commitment to work together with all Iraqi citizens for reconciliation and rebuilding peace in the country in the wake of the recent elections there.

  • 23 Oct 2008
    Sri Lankan churches tread tough road to peace and reconciliation

    Trauma and bitterness are among the challenges Sri Lankan churches must face in promoting peace and reconciliation as the island nation is in the middle of an intense war, a World Council of Churches delegation has learnt.

  • 15 Oct 2008
    Eastern Orthodox commit to overcome a series of religious tensions

    Leaders of Eastern Orthodox churches recommitted themselves to overcome intra-Orthodox conflicts as well as to continue theological dialogues with Christians from other confessions at a 10-12 October meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.

  • 26 Jul 2008
    Tutu leads Southern African reconciliation move after attacks

    Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has led pleas for repentance, reconciliation and forgiveness following outbreaks of xenophobic attacks by some South Africans on refugees coming from Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa.