by Sean Reilly | Mar 9, 2008
Church leaders in Britain, including Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, have continued to make private and public appeals for the release of Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahno, who was kidnapped recently in Baghdad. The Pope has also joined global appeals...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 8, 2008
Christian Aid, which works with people of all faiths and none, has welcomed being chosen as a key partner in a new government-backed global volunteering scheme for disadvantaged 18- to 25-year-olds. As reported on Ekklesia, over the next three years 2,500 young adults...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
A number of Christians from Oldham are joining the national Endurance Challenge, backed by Church Action on Poverty, in which they attempt to live off £6.50 for food and £3.50 for transport for a week – as many asylum seekers do. The gesture is one of...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 6, 2008
A group of senior British development and human rights agencies, including Christian Aid and CAFOD, have said the humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse now than at any time since its occupation began in 1967, and have denounced Israel’s “collective...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 6, 2008
The Cambridge based Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CSMJR) is promoting an open letter from leading Muslim scholars to the international Jewish community seeking improved understanding and contact among them. The letter, written in February 2008, was...
