by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The biggest study yet from a unique coalition of major UK poverty and environment groups, including church and Christian groups, has said that immediate action is needed before global warming pushes asia ‘into reverse’. A new report – Up in Smoke? Asia and...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The political dimension of the Nativity story, drawing on the themes of immigration and asylum, is to be screened by the BBC in the run up to Christmas. Geoffrey Hughes, Cathy Tyson and Jennifer Ellison are amongst those who will star in the Liverpool Nativity – a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations has asked the Israeli government to investigate the circumstances surrounding a group of Austrian Catholic clergy who were prevented from paying their respects at the Western Wall recently. In a letter...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
Peace and justice advocate Bishop Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has met with former US President Jimmy Carter to discuss initiatives relating to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Bishop Younan was also invited by...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
British mining corporations supported by the UK government, such as Vedanta Resources, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, are complicit in human rights abuse while making huge profits in developing countries. This charge is made today by the anti-poverty charity War on Want...
