by Sean Reilly | May 27, 2008
A British charity has said that children in post-conflict areas are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers. The abuse involves children as young as six. After research in Ivory Coast, southern Sudan and Haiti, Save the Children said an international...
by Sean Reilly | May 27, 2008
The Dalai Lama has had a series of meetings in the UK, with figures including Gordon Brown, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Prince Charles. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor also met with the Dalai Lama at an inter-religious meeting hosted by the Archbishop of...
by Sean Reilly | May 27, 2008
The leadership of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has praised an initiative by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia for a reinforced dialogue between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They said in a statement that they considered it to be an ‘important...
by Sean Reilly | May 23, 2008
Gordon Brown will meet the Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace, the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, today. The British Prime Minister has been accused of “kow-towing” to China by meeting the exiled Tibetan leader in his capacity as a spiritual leader at...
by Sean Reilly | May 23, 2008
Hopes for a global agreement to outlaw cluster bombs have been given a boost after British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a total ban on the use of the weapons by the British military. Church groups have been prominent amongst those calling for an...
