by Sean Reilly | Jun 29, 2008
As the summer holiday season draws near for many, the Vatican has issued a set of guidelines offering advice on how to make vacations more environmentally responsible and friendly. “One can choose to be a tourist at odds with the Earth or in favour of it,”...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
One World Week (OWW), the development education charity, is broadening the scope of its traditional development education work with church communities to other faiths with a new three-year DfID-funded project, “Exploring Ubuntu – One World Week Across...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
In a campaign comment ahead of today’s uncontested election in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has condemned Archbishop Rowan Williams as lacking a “moral compass” and said that gays in the church are a sign of “moral degeneracy”. The...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
Much religion is dripping in sacrificial language. The appeasement of the gods is a common theme in many traditions. What happens in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is, say Rene Girard and others, quite surprising. Love that does justice becomes the core of a new...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
Employers are being urged to provide prayer rooms and quiet space to meet the needs of employees and promote diversity in the workplace in a guide launched yesterday in the City. The guide outlines employer’s obligations regarding the religious needs of employees, the...
