by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
Celebrations marking Britain’s best Olympic success in 100 years, with the country’s athletes winning 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding trend that is worrying both church and government...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
Christian and other peacemakers staged a 10-hour vigil outside Canada House in London’s Trafalgar Square yesterday, to call on on the Canadian government to halt the deportation of US soldiers who have fled the war in Iraq. Giant placards bearing pictures of the...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 26, 2008
The famous biblical story of creation, echoed in the prologue to John’s Gospel, famously contains the divine injunction, “Let there be light.” But the Church of England says that in an age of eco-responsibility, a little less light might be...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 21, 2008
The United Kingdom rates committed campaigners such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King far more highly than celebrities such as Sir Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie, and more than one in ten would be prepared to break the law to campaign for a cause they believed...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 21, 2008
A service of dedication took place last night at a church in Scotland for its new eco building which aims to show the way ahead on renewable energy. The Moderator of the General Assembly, the Right Reverend David Lunan, led a special service at Bridge of Allan Church....
