Tax evasion ‘costs the lives of 1,000 children a day’

by | May 12, 2008

The lives of 1,000 young children a day are being lost to disease and poverty in poor countries because of illegal trade-related tax evasion, says a new report from Christian Aid. It has calculated that this evasion costs the developing world at least US$160bn in lost...

Kirk set to express outright opposition to death penalty

by | May 12, 2008

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is set to express its outright opposition to the death penalty for the first time. It has never previously resolved to oppose capital punishment ‘unequivocally’. At this year’s General Assembly (15 – 21 May) the Church...

Brown condemns generals’ Burma relief inaction

by | May 11, 2008

Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned – while Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Burma’s generals to ease restrictions on outside assistance. A likely death toll of...

Catholics set up their own social networking website

by | May 11, 2008

Following the worldwide success of online social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, the Roman Catholic Church is getting in on the act with a website which hopes to attract more than just the usual faithful. Bishop John Arnold launched Catholic...