Category - Peace

Muslim and Christian women work for 'peace through religion'

agency reporter — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:29:06 +0100

Twenty Christian and Muslim women will meet together in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the beginning of next month, as part of an ongoing practical dialogue and conflict transformation process called 'Moving towards peace through religion'.

How 'unity' can sacrifice justice

Savi Hensman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:47:58 +0100

Mercy, not sacrifice, is the Christian keynote when dubious appeals to unity are used in religion and in society to thwart calls for social justice, says Savi Hensman. She cites recent examples in Japan and in world Anglicanism.

Churches' solidarity visit to Indonesia will focus on reconciliation work

agency reporter — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:00:54 +0100

Churches working for and end to outbreaks of ethnic and religious conflict in Indonesia will receive a solidarity visit from an international ecumenical delegation sent by the World Council of Churches.

Leading nun says nonviolence must be restored to the core of faith

staff writers — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:55:41 +0100

Women of faith have a special calling to restore religion’s principles of nonviolence in a conflicted world, Sister Joan Chittister has told more than 2,000 women at a gathering in the USA.

Church peace delegation questions German arms sales

agency reporter — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:01:28 +0100

On a visit to the German Federal Defence Ministry in Berlin, members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches have posed tough questions about German arms sales and about the efficacy of war as a tool of policy.

Churches urged to confront the issue of domestic violence

agency reporter — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:01:42 +0100

German churches' practical experience with confronting the issue of domestic violence will play an important role in a Peace Declaration of the World Council of Churches planned for 2011.

Pope and Patriarch tread St Paul's road to greater unity

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:05:40 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI and the Orthodox ecumenical patriarch Bartholemew are seeking to put differences aside in order to encourage a growing global vision of Christian unity in a divided world, using St Paul as an exemplar.

Student Christian leader calls for peace monitors in Zimbabwe

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:02:21 +0100

A student Christian leader Zimbabwe has urged the international community to intervene, following the decision of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to withdraw from the presidential runoff, citing escalating violence against supporters.

Small-scale diplomacy brings peace in Papua New Guinea

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:58:01 +0100

Not all wars and conflicts make the pages of newspapers, nor are all peace agreements the result of the high diplomacy of the United Nations, and that certainly includes those now being reconciled in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.

2008 London Mennonite Theology Forum: Responsibility to Protect

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:51:40 +0100

Start: 18/07/2008 - 18:30

End: 19/07/2008 - 14:00

What is the responsibility of the international community when a state is unable or unwilling to protect its own people?