by Sean Reilly | Feb 20, 2008
The Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, a network of church and civic bodies, says it no longer has any hope that inter-party peace talks brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki will achieve any results before Zimbabwean elections scheduled for 29 March 2008. The...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 20, 2008
The Rev Kjell Magne Bondevik knows all about making public statements. As former prime minister of Norway and a national legislator for more than 30 years, he often spoke on behalf of his government. Now moderator of the World Council of Churches’ Commission of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 20, 2008
With conflict rife and peace in peril, the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called on member states of the European Union, especially France, to look re-examine their role in troubled Chad. The move comes as China is put under more pressure to use...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 20, 2008
Churches should be prepared to confront their differences honestly and to examine them in the light of the scriptures, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I has said at a service to celebrate 60 years since the World Council of Churches was founded with its goal of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 20, 2008
Evangelical Alliance UK leader Joel Edwards is embarking on a tour to help rehabilitate the word ‘evangelical’ and restore its links with the sense of good news (gospel) in which it has its roots. He is publishing a new book called Agenda for Change....
