by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The Christian think tank Ekklesia has renewed its call for the repeal of the UK’s archaic blasphemy law, in the wake of an attempt by an individual to seek judicial review in the High Court of a Magistrates Court’s refusal of a private prosecution against...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The biggest study yet from a unique coalition of major UK poverty and environment groups, including church and Christian groups, has said that immediate action is needed before global warming pushes asia ‘into reverse’. A new report – Up in Smoke? Asia and...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
The political dimension of the Nativity story, drawing on the themes of immigration and asylum, is to be screened by the BBC in the run up to Christmas. Geoffrey Hughes, Cathy Tyson and Jennifer Ellison are amongst those who will star in the Liverpool Nativity – a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 20, 2007
British mining corporations supported by the UK government, such as Vedanta Resources, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, are complicit in human rights abuse while making huge profits in developing countries. This charge is made today by the anti-poverty charity War on Want...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
A challenging new programme has been launched to help church congregations engage with poverty and social injustice in Britain. Church Action on Poverty’s ‘Just Church’ initiative is calling Christians to address the gap between the richest and...
