by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Young Catholics are being urged to follow the example of Mahatma Gandhi as they gather for National Youth Sunday. A new DVD, produced for National Youth Sunday, in association with Catholic Youth Services (CYS) and Pax Christi explores the themes of non-violence,...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Commuters amongst others will have the opportunity to reflect on Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est over the Christmas period, courtesy of the British Jesuits. Pray-as-you-go, the downloadable daily reflections for ipods, MP3 players and other portable...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Governments will today (Nov 19) be accused of denying millions of people in the developing world a simple medical breakthrough – sanitation – that transformed British society 150 years ago. A new report from Christian development agency Tearfund calls for a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Nobel Peace Laureate and South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says that Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams should be tackling homophobia in the church and making it a welcoming place for lesbian and gay people. In a BBC radio interview to be...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
Coastal communities in Bangladesh and north-east India scrambled to shelters as a category four cyclone, with wind speeds of around 150 mph, caused devastation over the weekend – with nearly 3,000 dead so far, and the total likely to move toward 10,000. The area...
