by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
The Earth remains intact after the start of the largest particle physics experiment ever conducted, at CERN in Switzerland, following high profile scares that it might destroy the world – a sign, say academics, of the media’s “science...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Vietnam has been accused by the government there of breaking the law and causing disorder by supporting prayer vigils against the authorities’ confiscation of Catholic Church property. The archbishop has bee accused of...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
A new alliance of religious and secular groups committed to cooperation to “make poverty history in the UK” is to be launched on Thursday 11 September 2008, with involvement from major churches and Christian agencies. The ‘Get Fair’ includes in...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
Christian denominations working through the ecumenical Action of Churches Together and the Catholic network Caritas are contributing short- and long-term aid to those hit by hurricanes and tropical storms recently. The British agency CAFOD (Catholic Fund for Overseas...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 9, 2008
One of the world’s smallest nations, Tuvalu, has a big problem. Slowly, but surely, it is “going under” the relentless waves of the Pacific. Tuvaluans know it, but they don’t accept that sinking is their ultimate fate – writes Kim Cain...
