by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
The pursuit of cheap food coupled with the buying power of the big supermarkets is putting farming livelihoods at risk, the Church of England has told the Competition Commission. Making farmers pay for supermarkets’ own promotions is just one of a number of invisible...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
“Some would have said that this event was not possible, but here we are – and the world wonders what will come next,” said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia at the opening of the Global Christian Forum taking...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
A Catholic aid agency has welcomed plans for the Climate Change Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday, but says standards within it must be higher than currently being proposed. CAFOD welcomed the UK government’s “leadership” on...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
A diverse group of prominent lay Catholics – including 11 former ambassadors and former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic National Committees – have called for a more civil tone to replace the ‘divisive rhetoric and partisan attacks that...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
Two senior clergy, the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the Chair of the Methodist District will come face to face with the renowned nightlife of Leeds when they spend an evening with police officers and a team of church volunteers on the city centre streets this coming...
