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21 Jun 2007

Churches work for a new peace push in Israel-Palestine

A new advocacy initiative, launched at the culmination of a World Council of Churches (WCC) conference in Jordan this week, is to help churches worldwide work for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.
19 Jun 2007

WCC head to visit churches and leaders in Israel and Palestine

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, plans to visit member churches and Christian communities in the strife-ridden occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
22 May 2007

One Day International Conference on the Relationship Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence

The “One Day International Conference on the Relationship Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence” at Keble College, Oxford
9 May 2007

Not For Sale Sunday

Not for Sale Sunday. Is an opportunity to say that womens, childrens and mens bodies are Not for Sale.
26 Apr 2007

Aid and media groups worried about Sri Lanka restrictions

News organisations and NGOs are concerned at the increasing restrictions they face as the bloody conflict continues in Sri Lanka and the government seeks to clamp down.
22 Apr 2007

Nigerian prelate wins peace prize as country faces election chaos

A leading Nigerian church figure, Sunday Mbang, has won the world Methodist Peace prize. But Nigeria is currently caught up in presidential and parliamentary election violence and disruption.
21 Apr 2007

Korean church leaders caution against backlash after US shootings

Korean and American Korean Methodist leaders say that the aftermath of the awful Virginia Tech killings should be the search for healing not revenge.
18 Apr 2007

Sacrifices at the altar of the gun

The latest US shooting atrocity, at Virginia Tech University, is another tragic embodiment of American worship of the gun, says Tim Nafziger.
18 Apr 2007

WCC leader backs calls for effective US firearms regulations

The widespread availability of deadly weapons links the Virginia Tech killings to 'wanton violence' elsewhere in the world, says World Council of Churches chief Samuel Kobia. He wants proper gun controls.
12 Apr 2007

An optimism too far for Palestine-Israel?

Peace and justice means more than political expediency, argues Timothy Seidel - and behind the fashionable rhetoric of 'two states' for Palestine/Israel lie some highly dubious agendas.

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