by Sean Reilly | Feb 7, 2008
The Anglican Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, has called for a change of heart among Evangelicals and others in the often bitter argument about sexuality, Scripture and authority. But Bishop Jones has not, as reports in The Guardian and the Daily Mail...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
National ecumenical poverty charity Church Action on Poverty is urging people to take on the life of someone who has been refused asylum, for a week during Lent. It comes ahead of a statement which will be issued by church Leaders from across West Yorkshire, who will...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
There are fears that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is set to worsen after a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, supported by church and civil rights groups (both Palestinian and Israeli), failed to stop the government from stepping up its blockade of fuel...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
A senior United Nations official in Burundi has pledged the support of the global body to the peace work of churches and other civic and religious bodies, paying a tribute to their efforts to stabilise the country after more than 10 years of war – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
As part of a global coalition of church bodies, the UK international development agency Christian Aid is working with the United Nations to assess the needs of the people of East Africa’s Great Lakes region after it was struck by a major earthquake leaving 39...
