by Sean Reilly | Jan 23, 2008
The world is losing the war against AIDS, says Sister Sheila Flynn, an English-born Irish nun who works with HIV-affected women in South Africa, as she urged churches to mobilise a collective effort to tackle the pandemic. “We must not only think differently...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
An educational institution in southern Africa is hosting a major theological consultation on HIV prevention called by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), based in Geneva. Participants are expected from across the globe. CABSA, the Christian AIDS Bureau for...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
The UK wing of the global social investment initiative Oikocredit has teamed up with the Livesimply campaign to promote a shared vision for social justice. Oikocredit provides vital loans to creative but impoverished communities. Launched in November 2006, Livesimply...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
Organisers of events to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday 27 January 2008 say that a large number of civic and faith groups across Europe are due to take part, including British Muslims. The day of remembrance was initiated by the European...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) has compiled a dossier highlighting and criticising the record of one of the UK’s newly appointed equality commissioners, Evangelical Alliance director Joel Edwards. LGCM says that Dr Edwards has a history of...