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  • 7 Nov 2012
    The subversive potential of Election Day Communion

    I'm somewhat taken with the idea of Election Day Communion, being practiced by a diverse range of church groups and Christians across the United States on election day, Tuesday 6 November 2012.

  • 11 Dec 2011
    Japanese church in court over communion row

    A Japanese pastor has sued the country's largest Protestant denomination over his dismissal for giving communion to congregants who were not baptised.

  • 4 Oct 2010
    A Quaker communion of saints

    The Communion of Saints is not a term which comes readily to a Quaker's tongue. But an encounter with two Friends – one living and one three centuries dead - has prompted me to look past the difficulty of these words in search of their true meaning.

  • 18 Jul 2008
    Befriending and Mentoring People who are Homeless: A training session from Housing Justice

    - Do you volunteer in an existing befriending scheme?
    - Would you like to share your experience with others who want - to do something similar?

  • 11 Jan 2008
    Globalisation, catholicity and justice

    Eucharistic sharing and the development of goods in community can help to reshape what we mean by globalisation in a divided and unequal world, says a recent consultation of three Christian Communions.

  • 10 Jan 2008
    Churches say eucharistic vision offers an alternative form for globalisation

    Three Christian traditions have prepared a joint statement saying that their shared Eucharistic vision is an ethical one through which "our churches may seek to transform the dehumanizing effects of economic, social, and cultural globalization."

  • 7 Nov 2007
    US catholics urged to resist use of church as 'political tool'

    A diverse group of prominent lay Catholics - including 11 former ambassadors and former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic National Committees - have called for a more civil tone to replace the 'divisive rhetoric and partisan attacks that define' national political debates in the US.

  • 16 Jan 2007
    No vote, no communion, says Catholic bishop

    A Catholic bishop in Nigeria has instructed parishioners to show they have registered to vote in elections this April or be banned from communion, a newspaper This Day reported on Tuesday.