by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Peace groups and religious bodies have offered a cautious welcome for a voluntary United Nations agreement on small arms that they hope will be a step towards curbing the dangerous trade in illicit weapons. But many conrinue to believe that without ststutory...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Anglican bishops from Sudan, who are part of the meeting of the Lambeth Conference, have issued an appeal to Christians to stand in solidarity with the suffering people of their country. Their statement, which was overshadowed in the media by one of less certain...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Recently Anglican bishops attending the Lambeth Conference who took part in an anti-poverty walk with other faith leaders through central London assembled in Whitehall Place, and walked past the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The London Borough of Westminster is...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 24, 2008
Dr Rowan Williams, spiritual head of the world’s 78 million Anglicans, today called on wealthy governments to fulfil their promises on aid, trade and development or see the world’s poor continue to suffer disease, starvation and death. The call came at the...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 24, 2008
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is today making an unprecedented campaign pitch in Berlin, Germany, and has drawn an enthusiastic crowd of 100,000. But how will this go down in the USA? That is the question political analysts are asking as the young...
