The General Secretary of the Council for World Mission has called for a new financial and economic architecture at an ecumenical conference in Brazil.

The World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has urged direct engagement in the current financial and social crisis in and beyond Europe.

A public hearing on the “Misuse of blasphemy law and religious minorities in Pakistan”, organised by the World Council of Churches, is being held in Geneva.

Christian leaders representing 90 per cent of the world’s Christians have issued an appeal to governments negotiating the first global Arms Trade Treaty: Keep ammunition in the treaty.