by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
A pastoral delegation sent by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to Georgia and Russia has not been able to visit South Ossetia from the Georgian side of the ceasefire line. Unable to make the half-hour drive to Tskhinvali from within Georgia, they are now traveling...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
Black church leaders have joined health experts in welcoming findings from a new opinion poll showing widespread opposition to the current trend of adding the DNA of innocent mental health patients to the National Criminal DNA database. New research by campaign group...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
Christians and other faith groups will have their capacity to participate alongside others in regional policy-making in England enhanced thanks to the new Regional Networks Support project, says Faithworks, which has established the initiative. The leading national...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have jointly called on the Prime Minister of India requesting his intervention to end the violence in the state of Orissa. The WCC is also inviting its member churches and all Christians to...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 4, 2008
Quite a lively debate has opened up on faith schools policy reform following the launch of Accord. What is clear from this is that those who justify discrimination in admissions and employment in state-funded religious schools are losing the argument from principle....
