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  • 16 Feb 2007
    Resisting and Hope: Casting Fire
  • 16 Feb 2007
    African inter-faith call to back vital Sudan peace process

    After a visit to Sudan which included discussions with political and religious leaders in Khartoum and Juba, an African interfaith delegation has called on the international community to honour its political and financial pledges to sustain Sudan's peace process.

  • 16 Feb 2007
    Engagement is best way to handle nuclear problems, says WCC chief

    Constructive engagement to deal with threats like nuclear proliferation is better than aggression ‚Ä' that is the message of the head of a global association of Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and indigenous churches concerning developments involving North Korea.

  • 15 Feb 2007
    Lebanese peace rally seeks to bring Christians and Muslims together

    More than 300,000 Lebanese people took part in a huge unity rally in Beirut, the country's capital, on 14 February 2007. They were there to mark the anniversary of the murder of parliamentarian Rafik Hariri, reports Independent Catholic News.

  • 14 Feb 2007
    Sentamu calls for action on Northern Uganda conflict

    Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, who experienced first-hand the military dictatorship of Idi Amin, has called upon religious and political leaders – not least current Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni – to end to the “suffering and misery” of those impacted by the bloody conflict in Northern Uganda.

  • 14 Feb 2007
    US religious leaders are going to Iran to talk peace

    While diplomatic and military rhetoric in the exchanges between the United States and Iranian senior politicians remains heated, thirteen Christian leaders from the USA are preparing for a visit to Iran next week (17-25 February 2007) ‚Ä' with the aim of building bridges rather than stoking conflict.

  • 14 Feb 2007
    Work suspended after violence at disputed Jerusalem holy site

    The mayor of Jerusalem has suspended renovations near a compound housing the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while the municipality is to submit new plans for a walkway leading to the holy site - writes Annette Young from Jerusalem for Ecumenical News International (ENI).

  • 13 Feb 2007
    Indian churches show the way to unity, justice and peace

    The head of the world's largest inter-Christian body says that the role of churches in combating prejudice and offering an alternative vision of justice and peace is a key component of their Gospel calling

  • 13 Feb 2007
    Quaker trust withdraws holding from arms related company

    A major charitable trust has disposed of a £2 million shareholding in the company Reed Elsevier, because of its concerns over the company's involvement in promoting arms sales, reports Quaker Peace and Social Witness - part of the Society of Friends in the UK.

  • 9 Feb 2007
    Prayers for Peace in Iraq and the Middle East by Pax Christi