racism

March 22, 2016

WCC hope for elimination of racial discrimination

Observing International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the World Council of Churches has spoken of the power of its member churches in their collective work to overcome racism, a work that brings hope in spite of today’s serious challenges worldwide.
March 12, 2016

The Archbishop’s error and owning up to prejudice

“Fears about mass immigration are completely reasonable, says Archbishop of Canterbury”, read a headline in the Sun newspaper, with the subheading “Justi
January 22, 2016

New report finds tribal children paid in glue and alcohol

Tribal children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work, a new report from Survival International report has revealed.
June 22, 2015

Methodists in Britain send message of solidarity to Charleston

The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference have sent a letter of solidarity to the African Methodist Episcopal Church following the killings in Charleston
January 2, 2015

Cologne Cathedral to defy German anti-Muslim march

Cologne Catholic Cathedral will turn off all its lights to defy an anti-Muslim march through the German city on Monday 5 January 2015.
November 22, 2014

Row over tweet reveals differences of understanding

A row over a tweet shows deep differences of understanding among people in the UK. Those who live in the same society can make very different assumptions and effort can be needed to bridge the gap.
May 1, 2014

Arrested for quoting Churchill?

If you believe the Daily Mail, then a European election candidate has been arrested “for quoting Winston Churchill”.
April 5, 2014

Archbishop Welby, homophobia and the lives that are at risk

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has declared that acceptance of same-sex marriage could lead to Christians being killed in South Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan and elsewhere.

In his comments, Welby made some valid points. But the conclusions he drew from them seem to me to be severely mistaken.
January 27, 2014

Holocaust Memorial Day: journeys of despair and hope

Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the liberation of prisoners from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the Nazi death machine generally, as well as earlier and more recent genocides across the world, is being observed in Britain today (27 January 2014).
January 25, 2014

Cathedral defies Australia's 'inhumane, demeaning' asylum policies

A banner at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, encouraging people to “fully welcome refugees” will stay until Australia's asylum policies change.