by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev Samuel Kobia, has told his UN counterpart, Ban Ki-moon, that the ecumenical body and its member churches in Africa are planning for the monitoring of elections scheduled in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 6, 2008
A group of senior British development and human rights agencies, including Christian Aid and CAFOD, have said the humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse now than at any time since its occupation began in 1967, and have denounced Israel’s “collective...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 6, 2008
The Cambridge based Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CSMJR) is promoting an open letter from leading Muslim scholars to the international Jewish community seeking improved understanding and contact among them. The letter, written in February 2008, was...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 6, 2008
Officials from the Vatican and senior Muslims are holding a two-day meeting in Rome this week, with the intention of laying the foundations for a major global Catholic-Islamic exchange later in 2008. Five senior figures from each faith are defining the terms of a...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 5, 2008
Forty pastors from five different tribes and denominations met for a peace-building seminar at the Eastleigh Fellowship Centre, located in a semi-slum area of Nairobi, recently. The centre facilitates church and community programmes. Jewel Showalter writes: Pastor...
